Re: Python licence again

2005-04-27 Thread Christos Georgiou
On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 23:26:41 +1000, you wrote: [snip] >>>Yup, pesky furriners, can't spell 'Merican prop'ly like God intended; >>>they shouldn't be allowed on the net, sheriff should run 'em right out >>>o' the county ... >> >>Sheriff is not available, for further info pls ask for R. Marley. >I

Re: Python licence again

2005-04-26 Thread TZOTZIOY
On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 06:57:00 +1000, rumours say that John Machin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> might have written: >On 22 Apr 2005 12:22:41 -0700, "fuzzylollipop" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>try spelling license correctly next time >Yup, pesky furriners, can't spell 'Merican prop'ly like God intended; >

Re: Python licence again

2005-04-25 Thread Nick Craig-Wood
has <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > licence, practice = noun > license, practise = verb Tick ;-) -- Nick Craig-Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- http://www.craig-wood.com/nick -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Rudeness on this list [Re: rudeness was: Python licence again]

2005-04-24 Thread Ivan Van Laningham
Hi All-- James Stroud wrote: > > On Sunday 24 April 2005 06:59 am, so sayeth François Pinard: > > As seen from here, the Python mailing list quality has been degrading > > significantly for the last half-year or so. > > That's funny. That's exactly as long as I've been on this list. I wonder if

Re: Rudeness on this list [Re: rudeness was: Python licence again]

2005-04-24 Thread James Stroud
On Sunday 24 April 2005 06:59 am, so sayeth François Pinard: > As seen from here, the Python mailing list quality has been degrading > significantly for the last half-year or so. That's funny. That's exactly as long as I've been on this list. I wonder if the correlation is causal? -- James Stro

Rudeness on this list [Re: rudeness was: Python licence again]

2005-04-24 Thread François Pinard
[Michael Hoffman] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >I started to read the postings on this list and was dismayed at the > >depth of rudeness on here. > I saw no evidence of rudeness whatsoever. [...] It may be related to cultural differences, who knows. Some people are sensible to rude behaviour or

Re: Python licence again

2005-04-24 Thread John J. Lee
Will McGugan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Peter Hansen wrote: > > John J. Lee wrote: > > > >> I will never pronounce thorough 'thurrow', though. One must draw a > >> line. > > How *do* you pronounce it? "Thurrow" seems to match > > how I say the word, along with everyone else I've > > ever met

Re: rudeness was: Python licence again

2005-04-24 Thread Michael Hoffman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I started to read the postings on this list and was dismayed > at the depth of rudeness on here. I saw no evidence of rudeness whatsoever. Well, with the possible exception of some posters calling others names like "rude." -- Michael Hoffman -- http://mail.python.org/mailm

Re: Python licence again

2005-04-23 Thread Tim Tyler
fuzzylollipop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote or quoted: > try spelling license correctly next time and heading the google > suggestions that probably looked like "didn't you mean : Python License" How do you spell license correctly? -- __ |im |yler http://timtyler.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] R

Re: Python licence again

2005-04-23 Thread has
John J. Lee wrote: > Yes. ISTR that licence is a British English spelling, though my > British brain has been thoroughly contaminated by US spellings and > usage by now. Oh, it only gets worse: a couple years on the illiterate intarweb and even basics like "its" and "it's" become a major struggle

Re: Python licence again

2005-04-22 Thread John Machin
On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 17:26:19 -0700, Robert Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >While you can, sort of, and people have already pointed out the >appropriate web page to you, I ask that you *don't* use the PSF License. >The PSF License uses proper nouns that you will have to change[1]. and don't fo

Re: Python licence again

2005-04-22 Thread Robert Kern
Laszlo Zsolt Nagy wrote: Hi All! I know there has been a post about Python licencing but I have different questions. I tried to Google for "Python Licence" and "Python Licencing" but I could not find the answer. Is there a place where I can ready about Python licencing? (A FAQ maybe?) I really

Re: Python licence again

2005-04-22 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2005-04-22, Will McGugan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> How *do* you pronounce it? "Thurrow" seems to match >> how I say the word, along with everyone else I've >> ever met (until now?). > > I would pronounce it like 'thurra', since I'm Scottish. It always makes > me cringe when Americans pron

rudeness was: Python licence again

2005-04-22 Thread Michael . Coll-Barth
Laszlo, >>> Is it something like 'center' or 'color' for Americans and 'centre' or 'colour' for British people? Yes, exactly. >>> (Sorry to be offtopic) No need to apologize. I started to read the postings on this list and was dismayed at the depth of rudeness on here. I thought that python

Re: Python licence again

2005-04-22 Thread Robert Kern
John Machin wrote: On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 17:26:19 -0700, Robert Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: While you can, sort of, and people have already pointed out the appropriate web page to you, I ask that you *don't* use the PSF License. The PSF License uses proper nouns that you will have to change[1]