RE: [Pyb-developer] RE: pyb collaboration

[Andy R. <an...@re...>]

Flipping the order for a moment....
> But for the moment my goals are:
>
>    Simplicity (in build scripts and implementation) and clarity in the
> implementation (minimize the magic and limit class explosion).

I strongly suggest to put these goals at the top of the web page and manual.
It will score a lot of points :-)


> Let's cross that bridge when we get to it. ;-)  Up until recently all of
> my open source projects have been released under an Apache-style license
> with basically no restrictions.  However recent reflection and the
> growing number of open source projects which are dual licensed and which
> are effectively making a profit, has be questioning whether such
> flexible licenses are a good thing.

I just chaired a session "Open Source Business Models That Work"
at Python-UK and it's clear GPL+commercial works for a lot of
people selling embedded software.

> Having said that if it was between
> keeping GPL and being able to incorporate something into the Python
> library I think the choice is fairly obvious. :-)

Good.  I see massive utility in having this or an equivalent in the
library one day. I agree on all the other points too.

I'm trying to build reportlab with this, will provide
feedback later...

- Andy