[Python-Dev] More optimisation ideas
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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