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Japanese codecs (was Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 263 -- Python Source Code Encoding)

Barry A. Warsaw barry@zope.com
Thu, 28 Feb 2002 11:46:35 -0500 
>>>>> "MAL" == M  <mal@lemburg.com> writes:

    MAL> The PSF will have to agree on the contribution docs first,
    MAL> though. Since there's no discussion on the PSF docs
    MAL> discussion list, I suppose everybody is happy with them :-)

I am.  What do we need to do next?

    MAL> BTW, I was referring to the other codecs in the python-codecs
    MAL> project on SF. Most of those are encumbered by the GPL and
    MAL> thus unusable in non-GPL projects.

    MAL> Tamito has switched to a BSD-license after some private 
    MAL> discussions about this, which is goodness :-)

>From what I've been told, the Japanese codecs are the most stable.
I'm really not qualified to judge though.

-Barry