On 30 November 2014 at 15:23, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > Python is already using quite a bit of non-free software in its > ecosystem. The Windows builds of CPython are made with Microsoft's > compiler, and the recent discussion about shifting to Cygwin or MinGW > basically boiled down to "but it ought to be free software", and that > was considered not a sufficiently strong argument. In each case, the > decision has impact on other people (using MSVC for the official > python.org installers means extension writers need to use MSVC too; > and using GitHub means that contributors are strongly encouraged, > possibly required, to use GitHub); so why is it acceptable to use a > non-free compiler, but not acceptable to use a non-free host?
Relying on non-free software to support users of a non-free platform is rather different from *requiring* the use of non-free software to participate in core Python community design processes. Regards, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
