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[Python-Dev] More optimisation ideas

Brett Cannon brett at python.org
Fri Feb 5 13:38:14 EST 2016 
On Fri, 5 Feb 2016 at 10:34 Emile van Sebille <emile at fenx.com> wrote:

> On 2/5/2016 9:37 AM, Alexander Walters wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 2/5/2016 12:27, Emile van Sebille wrote:
> >> On 2/1/2016 9:20 AM, Ethan Furman wrote:
> >>> On 02/01/2016 08:40 AM, R. David Murray wrote:
> >> <snip>
> >>>> On the other hand, if the distros go the way Nick has (I think) been
> >>>> advocating, and have a separate 'system python for system scripts'
> that
> >>>> is independent of the one installed for user use, having the
> >>>> system-only
> >>>> python be frozen and sourceless would actually make sense on a
> >>>> couple of
> >>>> levels.
> >>>
> >>> Agreed.
> >>
> >> Except for that nasty licensing issue requiring source code.
> >>
> >> Emile
> > Licensing requires, in the GPL at least, that the *modified* sources be
> > made *available*, not that they be shipped with the product. Looking at
> > the Python license, and what tools already do, there is zero need to
> > ship the source to stay compliant.
>
> Hmm, the annotated Open Source Definition explicitly states "The program
> must include source code" -- how did I misinterpret that?
>

Because you left off the part following: "... and must allow distribution
in source code as well as compiled form". This is entirely a discussion of
distribution in a compiled form.
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