Re: [Xmpppy-devel] xmpppy, say hello world

[Alexey N. <sn...@pe...>]

Luis Marques wrote:

>i
>
>Ahhh... It's nice to smell the future! A fresh, new-car smelling, mailing 
>list.
>
:)) Never buyed a car. But I know how the new computer smells... It's 
amasing.

>
>By the way, about the choice of the GPL. All the Jabber clients I use are 
>licensed with the GPL. I can't imagine using a proprietary client. That said, 
>
Try JAJC. It is well designed and well written client with proprietary 
license. It is copied free but non-free since no source code comes with it.

>I'd think the LGPL is an apropriate license. I have an interest on client 
>design. Particularly easy to use clients. Not long ago I tried a proprietary 
>client. That client wasn't even a true Jabber IM client, from the user 
>perspective, in that it didn't allow to send mensagens between arbritary 
>servers. I have no interest in using it. But that client has some very 
>interesting design ideias. Had it been hindered because it had to reinvent 
>the wheel we all would loose. It's good to see new designs, that foster new 
>good ideias.
>
Yes I'm think LGPL is better for library "in general". Especially when 
_I_ go to use this library (I'm to write proprietary code due to my work 
specifics).
But... I'd prefer to loose this fifth wheel than to allow other four 
wheels go trash. I do not like closed source projects that use open 
source software.
So GPL is forces people to be free or to be non-free and not the 
combination of both.

>In any case, it's probably of little consequences, since I don't hear much 
>about proprietary Python programs. But anyway, are you sure you can take 
>existing LGPL code an re-license it under the GPL?
>
Do not sure. I have not ever read LGPL :) If you will found that this is 
illegal - leave me a note - I will replace all jabberpy code with mine.
But I am think that it is legal. Free license (LGPL) allows derived 
products to be less free than itself. I will be very surprised if it 
prevents the over case - where the derived product is more free (GPL).

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Respectfully
Alexey Nezhdanov