[Info-vax] Python and various libraries updated

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 8/6/2020 1:42 AM, Jean-François Piéronne wrote:
> Le 06/08/2020 à 01:08, Arne Vajhøj a écrit :
>> On 8/5/2020 1:40 AM, Jean-François Piéronne wrote:
>>> Do you see VSI involve in any open-source project ?
>>> Have you ever seen any VSI contribution to an open-source project ?
>>>
>>> And not, a port without release sources updates is not a contribution,
>>> it is a license violation...
>>
>> Not necessarily. It depends on what open source license it is.
>>
>> Whether it is a copyleft or a permissive license.
>>
>> As I read the Python license then one can create a
>> version with closed source parts as long as one
>> "include in any such work a brief summary of the changes
>> made to Python".
>>
>> Smart? No.
>> Ethical? Questionable.
>> Legal? Yes.
> 
> I don't speak especially for Python, it's a general remark.

Fair enough. But I thougth Python would be a relevant example.
I could have picked Apache httpd instead.

>                                                             There are
> many libraries/tools with a license which required you to publish the
> sources like GPL for examples, SAMBA is one of them as mentioned by Craig.

Strictly speaking it only requires you to provide the source to those
that got the binary and allows those getting the source to redistribute
it to everybody. But that is practically the same as publish public.

My complaint was about your statement "a port without release sources
updates is not a contribution, it is a license violation" without any
note about that it only applies for some licenses. That was misleading.

> I suggest you list all the VSI ports and give us how many doesn't
> violate the associated license, and how many violate their license...

I am not the one that claims that they are violating any license.

I am assuming VSI is complying with all licenses.

Those that think otherwise should raise the issue.

Arne