[Ironpython-users] external libraries

Slide slide.o.mix at gmail.com
Tue Aug 2 17:53:10 CEST 2011


No, I was actually thinking of pulling something in from Mono which has
nothing to do with zlib or zipimport :-) I am planning on reusing the
existing decompression that is currently used in the zlib module for
zipimport (which is coming along nicely by the way).

Thanks,

slide

On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 8:41 AM, Jeff Hardy <jdhardy at gmail.com> wrote:

> Unfortunately, I'm not entirely sure. We do include the Python & Ruby
> stdlibs, which have their own licenses, and zlib.net, which is
> MIT/BSD. I'm going to hazard a guess that you're thinking of #ZipLib,
> which is GPL + Classpath, which isn't as scary as it sounds, but still
> makes me slightly nervous. I'd prefer to avoid it if possible. At the
> very least, it might be an external, optional dependency.
>
> On that note, I did happen across
>
> https://github.com/IronLanguages/main/blob/master/Hosts/Silverlight/Chiron/Zip.cs
> that you might find interesting.
>
> - Jeff
>
> On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Slide <slide.o.mix at gmail.com> wrote:
> > What are the guidelines for bringing in part or all of an external
> library?
> > What licenses are compatible with the rest of the IP source code so it
> won't
> > be tainted by anything?
> > Thanks,
> > slide
> >
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