On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 9:09 AM, Garrett Berg <[email protected]>wrote:

> Thanks for all the feedback everyone.  A couple of things:
>
> - Lee
> The project is only about 5 days old and is still underdeveloped.  i am
> going to modify the post on the forum to refect that.  Eventually I am going
> to add all of the features that you request.  Thanks for all the great
> feedback :D
>
> - Jean
> Is the liscence because of python's liscence, or because of the license
> that I slapped onto my program (I think you mean the python liscence, but
> might as well check)?  I can change my license if that is what is necessary
> to get it into Gnumeric.  I find it really strange that you cannot package
> it... what about packaging it with the separate "extensions module" that
> contains the python module?
>

Your license.  At least py_external.py is licensed under GPLv3+, your
contribution would need to be GPLv2 or GPLv2+.

yours,
Bobby

- Michal
> I will do that.  Now that it is significantly more than just a linking
> script (it can completely control the workbook), I will probably name it
> Pygnumeric (hopefully that isn't taken)
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 7:00 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>      (Jean Br?fort)
>>   4. Re: Full Macro Writer and spredsheet interfacing with python
>>      (Michal Kaukic)
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>> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:03:55 -0700
>> From: Lee McKusick <[email protected]>
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: I made a python module to bypass the special bindings
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>> I find your contribution interesting. Both Python running Gnumeric and
>> Gnumeric running Python have been things I wished I could do.
>>
>> But my spreadsheet usage comes in surges with no activity between
>> projects. Also, most of the stuff I do winds up being exported to the
>> Google docs spreadsheet application. That adds another portability
>> problem.
>>
>> Here is my comment and suggestion:
>>
>> Package, organize and comment your programming accomplishment.
>>
>>      * Put together a subdirectory of sample gnumeric spreadsheets and
>>        sample python scripts.
>>      * The tar archive or zipfile should create a subdirectory and
>>        unpack your files into that subdirectory.
>>      * Add enough comments and text material so the user can verify the
>>        examples are running correctly.
>>      * Write documentation.
>>              * In particular, write at least three paragraphs for the
>>                person who is not a python programmer.
>>              * The other really interesting problem is tell your
>>                readers how you pass data back and forth between the two
>>                programs.
>>              * Give a series of copy and paste command lines so that
>>                the samples can be executed correctly by the reader.
>>              * Finally, note the Python and Gnumeric version used. Tell
>>                the user generally about Python library files that may
>>                be needed.
>>
>> Finally, there is the problem of how do you label, name and link to your
>> resulting project so that Gnumeric users and Python users can find your
>> project when they go looking for it.
>>
>> Your accomplishment needs to have links and titles associated with it.
>> Here are the titles I might use:
>>
>> How to run a Python script from within a spreadsheet.
>> How to run a Python script from Gnumeric.
>> Gnumeric Python run one in the other.
>> Get values computed by Gnumeric into a Python program.
>> Get values computed by Python into a spreadsheet.
>>
>>
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 21:34:23 -0500
>> From: G Bergeron <[email protected]>
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Full Macro Writer and spredsheet interfacing with python
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>> So I have spent literally ALL weekend writing this class that interfaces
>> with your guys' amazing spreadsheet program.  I hope your all happy with
>> it.  Please check out my writeup of it here:
>>
>> http://cloudform511.posterous.com/the-true-python-spreadsheet-macro-class
>>
>> Want to read column one?  Well just type gBook["A1:AA1"].  Want to change
>> it, try putting an equal sign.
>>
>> I included a tutorial, which should be all you need to start writing
>> python
>> macros in your spreadsheet.
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 07:32:13 +0100
>> From: Jean Br?fort <[email protected]>
>> To: G Bergeron <[email protected]>
>> Cc: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: Full Macro Writer and spredsheet interfacing with python
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>> Thanks for this work.
>>
>> The big issue with it is the license. GPLv3+ is incompatible with our
>> GPLv2
>> only license. Not sure that using your work is legal because of the
>> incompatibility between these licenses.
>>
>> There was an attempt for relicensing, starting with goffice, but it
>> failed.
>> See https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=463248 for details.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Jean
>>
>> Le dimanche 13 mars 2011 ? 21:34 -0500, G Bergeron a ?crit :
>> So I have spent literally ALL weekend writing this class that interfaces
>> with your guys' amazing spreadsheet program.  I hope your all happy with
>> it.  Please check out my writeup of it here:
>> >
>> >
>> http://cloudform511.posterous.com/the-true-python-spreadsheet-macro-class
>> >
>> > Want to read column one?  Well just type gBook["A1:AA1"].  Want to
>> change
>> it, try putting an equal sign.
>> >
>> > I included a tutorial, which should be all you need to start writing
>> python macros in your spreadsheet.
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>> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 06:47:24 +0100
>> From: "Michal Kaukic" <[email protected]>
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: Full Macro Writer and spredsheet interfacing with python
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>> Thanks,
>>
>> > So I have spent literally ALL weekend writing this class that interfaces
>> > with your guys' amazing spreadsheet program.  I hope your all happy with
>> > it.  Please check out my writeup of it here:
>> >
>> >
>> http://cloudform511.posterous.com/the-true-python-spreadsheet-macro-class
>> >
>> > Want to read column one?  Well just type gBook["A1:AA1"].  Want to
>> change
>> > it, try putting an equal sign.
>> >
>> > I included a tutorial, which should be all you need to start writing
>> > python macros in your spreadsheet.
>>
>> please rename Your plugin, now it conflicts with sample Python functions
>> plugin. And You should add in the documentation that user need to activate
>> the plugin.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>>
>>
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