On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 12:25 AM, Ondrej Certik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But did it ever happen to you Fernando that someone would plainly > abuse ipython/numpy/scipy? Clearly ipython is way more popular than > sympy, so if it doesn't happen for numpy/scipy/ipython, I don't think > we have to fear. (btw. fear of what actually?) Well, I've heard at times that plenty of places are using ipython internally in commercial settings, and I'm happy with that. I don't think anyone is going to try to go out and 'sell ipython' since it's so easy to get for free :) Overall for ipython the BSD license approach has worked well, as it's easy for me to take code from matplotlib, numpy or python itself and viceversa without worrying about licensing, and we get users from rather unexpected places (especially in industry). But each license does have its place. For example, I *strongly* support the GPL as the right choice for things like the Linux kernel, so I'm not a fanatic on any front either. My take on this is that I tend to 'go with the flow': if I contribute/extend an existing project I just follow its original license, and for my own things I tend to oscillate between LGPL and BSD depending on the specifics of the case. And I might one day find that I want to use the GPL for a new project, because I do see use cases for it as well. Cheers, f ps - I know this is getting off topic. I'm going to bed and will be happy to discuss this further, but off list to avoid derailing the discussion on symbolics with too much licensing chat. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
