Re: [pygccxml-development] [release] setup.py need to be updated

[Roman Y. <rom...@gm...>]

On 8/23/06, Matthias Baas <ba...@ir...> wrote:
> Roman Yakovenko wrote:
> > I see, what about documentation? Don't you want to integrate to
> > setup.py script to build pypp_api documentation?
>
> Actually, I'm against this as I think Py++ shouldn't be dependent on
> code in "contrib". After all, these are "only" user contributions that
> are not officially supported. And if something proves to be useful for
> every Py++ user it should be moved out of contrib and made part of the
> official Py++ package.

:-) I hope we will make pypp_api part of the Py++.

> It depends on what exactly you mean with "use the code". Note that a lot
> of Open Source licenses only deal with the distribution and modification
> of software and not its mere usage. The following sentence is taken from
> the GPL:
>
> "Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not
> covered by this License; they are outside its scope."
>
> So if a company only wants to make use of a GPL licensed software (e.g.
> a 3D modeler to create models for a commercial game) and do not have to
> distribute this software with their own commercial product, then it is
> my understanding that they may certainly do so without infringing anything.
>
> In our case it means that it doesn't matter whether some code in contrib
> has a license like the GPL or not if a particular user only wants to
> "use" that code and only wants to distribute the output of Py++ and not
> Py++ itself.
>
> (but of course, I'm no lawyer so don't count on the above if you're in
> court... ;)

Thanks for the explanation. I am not a lawyer too. In the company I
work for, if the
license is not clear(  missing  ) we don't use( touch ) this software.
This is the case I thought to solve.

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Roman Yakovenko
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