Matt Gerrans wrote:
That sounds easy enough, but I imagine the Acive State package requires some kind of licensing. I'm pre-installing on millions of consumer PCs.Ah, so your group is responsible for all the "I've found Python on my computer, what does it do and can I remove it" messages we saw last year?
You are right about ActiveState, the copy you download from their web site is licensed to prohibit redistribution. They might be prepared to cut you a special license, but you'd have to ask them about that.
I'm guessing Mark Hammond would be able to build you a silent installer for a modest price.
Off-topic, I'd be very interested to learn anything you could tell us about why HP are installing Python (what it's used for, what you experience has been, &c). If this could be made public it would be nice to include it as a "Python success story".
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