[python-win32] pywin32 install via setuptools -- conclusion?

[Michael Gundlach]

Hi Christopher,

On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Christopher Galvan
<cgalvan at enthought.com> wrote:
> I work for a company called Enthought who also ships a Python

I just read about Enthought for the first time the other day.  It
seems that Enthought and ActiveState do similar things.

> Distribution(EPD) which includes an 'egg' version
> of pywin32 that someone could easy_install.  The entire distribution is
> free, but unfortunately there is an annual fee
> to access the egg repository for individual packages.  However, I would be

Would it be against Enthought's license for me to pay the annual fee,
download the egg, modify it in some way, and then make it freely
available?  I read the applicable part of the license and it sounds
like if I modify the egg for my own use, then after the license
terminates I can still keep and distribute the modified copy.  I don't
want to violate the spirit of their license, so maybe this isn't
kosher, but I'd also like to avoid duplication of effort! :)

> more than willing to help you get
> started  with using setuptools and creating an egg for pywin32 :).  Even if
> the pywin32 project doesn't upload the egg to
> PyPi, there is still another way through setuptools to make a single install
> step for your users.

Right -- by pointing explicitly to where the egg file can be found, correct?

Thanks very much for the offer of help -- if my above license hack is
a no-go, then I'll probably see you on IRC.

Michael