[Pytables-announce] PyTables Pro has been liberated

[Francesc A. <fa...@py...>]

Dear PyTables users,

Fortunately, now that it seems like there will be some opportunities for 
PyTables to be maintained, I'm happy to announce that, hereby, PyTables 
Pro drops its original, commercial license, and acquires a BSD license.  
The new ``LICENSE.txt`` in the root directory states this.

You can find the SVN sources in:

http://www.pytables.org/svn/pytables/PyTablesPro

and browse the sources via Trac too in:

http://pytables.org/trac/browser/PyTablesPro

@ people interested in the future maintenance, please feel free to use 
Pro as a possible base for the future PyTables (with no Pro suffix 
anymore).  Some caveats about doing this though:

- The version format for the Pro version is something like 'X.Y.Zpro', 
and such a 'pro' suffix is necessary in certain parts of the code in 
order to enable the Pro-specific features (indexing and caching, 
mainly).  It should be easy to get rid of this, but needs some 
modification of the code.

- The manual is the same in PyTables Pro than PyTables standard, but if 
the new maintainers choose to put Pro as the default, the notes of the 
style "... is only available in PyTables Pro." should be obviously 
removed.

- The copyright for the years 2002-2010 should be respected, and I have 
added a new entry for 2011 which is attributed to "PyTables 
maintainers", in honor to those braves that are undertaking the 
maintenance task of PyTables.  Please change this 'author' by something 
more meaningful if you feel like.

So, enjoy data with PyTables Pro (BSD-flavored :) !

-- 
Francesc Alted