lorph lor...@gmail.com added the comment:
The license of a software product cannot affect software that is not even
aware of that said product.
I never claimed that the clause triggered for all software in existence. We are
talking about OpenSSL being bundled with Python where Python
lorph lor...@gmail.com added the comment:
Do you think that if OpenSSL provided its own implementation of strlen(),
every text that mentions strlen() needs to acknowledge OpenSSL? Do you
realize how ridiculous that is?
If that text is deemed to be advertising by Eric Young and a court
lorph lor...@gmail.com added the comment:
OpenSSL outperforms libtomcrypt by a significant factor (easily 2x) in most
cases.
Gregory, do you have any evidence to substantiate this claim? Not that it isn't
plausible, but I couldn't find any benchmarks, and here the author of
libtomcrypt
lorph lor...@gmail.com added the comment:
It certainly makes more sense than making Python depend on *several* crypto
libraries.
Since libtomcrypt is public domain, you could incorporate the source into the
tree without making it a binary dependency. The same cannot be said for
OpenSSL. I
lorph lor...@gmail.com added the comment:
The solution to stop violating it is trivial, though: just add the
required mention(s).
That only solves the problem for Python.org. It does not solve the problem for
everyone else that has to write This product includes software developed
lorph lor...@gmail.com added the comment:
May I recommend using libtomcrypt instead of openssl because of the advertising
problem outlined here?
http://bugs.python.org/issue9119
In my opinion, libtomcrypt is easier to use and cleaner. It compiles on Windows
without requiring Perl
lorph [EMAIL PROTECTED] added the comment:
Is anyone still working on this? It seems like an oddity of python that
has been a stumbling block for me to create a super reload.
I've found that i am able to bypass this problem by creating the
following definition:
class object(object):pass
New submission from lorph:
Line 114 of lib/sched.py:
It has a superfluous variable assignment which I deleted.
void =
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components: Library (Lib)
files: sched.py
messages: 56210
nosy: lorph
severity: normal
status: open
title: lib/sched.py superfluous code for removal
versions: Python
Changes by lorph:
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severity: normal - minor
type: - resource usage
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