[Info-vax] Python and various libraries updated

[Duane Krahn]

On Thursday, August 6, 2020 at 9:56:42 AM UTC-5, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 8/6/2020 10:05 AM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
> > Den 2020-08-06 kl. 15:51, skrev Jean-François Piéronne:
> >> But, I agree for those under, for example, the Apache 2.0 license, you
> >> are allowed to distribute binaries without providing the source code
> >> with it.
> >>
> >> Give me one example of a port done by VSI with sources available. Maybe
> >> it's just so hidden that if haven't found.
> >>
> >> Maybe I should have said that the contribution of VSI to the open-source
> >> world is so light that it is near null, I don't think that's change the
> >> facts.
> > 
> > Maybe it is simply that the goal for VSI is not to contribute to the
> > open soure world as such, just to provide their customers access to
> > some open source tools that might be of value (to the customers).
> > 
> > I'm perfectly fine with that, *I* will never read any source code
> > for Python, or any other open source tool...
> 
> Today most open source users have no intention of ever looking
> at the source code.
> 
> But it is still in their interest that the code gets released.
> In case VSI decides to drop support for the open source product,
> then someone from the community may pick it up.
> 
> Arne

I just took a look at the recent release notes for VSI Samba for OpenVMS 4.6-5F (August 2020) - in the What's Missing? section on page 10:  A copy of the source code for Samba on OpenVMS is not included with the installation kit; however we will provide a copy of the code on request (email support at vmssoftware.com).

Based on that statement, it would seem that VSI would make its open source modifications available to anyone upon request.