--- On Fri, 5/14/10, Paul Boddie <p...@boddie.org.uk> wrote:
<<<<snip>>> > > No, PySide is about permitting the development of > proprietary > applications by providing a solution to the all-important > "ISVs" which > lets them develop and deploy proprietary software. Do you > really think > a platform vendor whose "ISVs" routinely ship proprietary > software on > their platform and on other platforms, and who will demand > the ability > to continue to do so, now expects all these "ISVs" to > provide their > applications under the modified BSD licence? Sure, other > developers > can use the software - even people releasing GPL-licensed > software - > but that is highly unlikely to be the primary business > motivation. If > you think the mobile telephony vendors are a bunch of > fluffy bunny > rabbits playing with each other in sugary meadows of > niceness, I don't > want to be present when someone directly and finally > disabuses you of > this belief. It's all about people selling stuff to > "consumers" over > and over again, preferably with the "consumers" rarely if > ever being > able to opt-out and do things their own way. Do you feel the same way about Python? It is released under a nonrestrictive license, since you are on this list I assume you use it. If you want, I think you could use the existing Python code base to create a GPLed version of Python, I think the license is permissive enough to allow that. If you did, do you think more people would use the GPLed version? Personally, I would use the version with the more permissive license, unless the GPLed version offered a significant advantage of some kind. -EdK Ed Keith e_...@yahoo.com Blog: edkeith.blogspot.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list