[Python-Dev] More optimisation ideas (original) (raw)

Emile van Sebille emile at fenx.com
Fri Feb 5 14:56:13 EST 2016

On 2/5/2016 10:38 AM, Brett Cannon wrote:

On Fri, 5 Feb 2016 at 10:34 Emile van Sebille <emile at fenx.com_ _<mailto:emile at fenx.com>> wrote:

>> Except for that nasty licensing issue requiring source code. >> >> Emile > Licensing requires, in the GPL at least, that the modified sources be > made available, not that they be shipped with the product. Looking at > the Python license, and what tools already do, there is zero need to > ship the source to stay compliant.

Hmm, the annotated Open Source Definition explicitly states "The program must include source code" -- how did I misinterpret that?

Because you left off the part following: "... and must allow distribution in source code as well as compiled form". This is entirely a discussion of distribution in a compiled form.

Aah, 'must' is less restrictive in this context than I expected. When you combine the two halves the first part might be more accurately phrased as 'The program must make source code available' rather than 'must include' which I understood to mean 'ship with'.

Emile

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