[Python-Dev] Re: license issues with profiler.py and md5.h/md5c.c

2005-02-17 Thread Fredrik Lundh
"Gregory P. Smith" wrote: > I don't quite like the module name 'hashes' that i chose for the > generic interface (too close to the builtin hash() function). Other > suggestions on a module name? 'digest' comes to mind. hashtools, hashlib, and _hash are common names for helper modules like this.

[Python-Dev] Re: license issues with profiler.py and md5.h/md5c.c

2005-02-12 Thread Robert Kern
David Ascher wrote: FWIW, I agree. Personnally, I think that if Debian has a problem with the above, it's their problem to deal with, not Python's. The OSI may also have a problem with the license if they were to be made aware of it. See section 8 of the Open Source Definition: """8. License Mus

Re: [Python-Dev] Re: license issues with profiler.py and md5.h/md5c.c

2005-02-12 Thread Aahz
On Sat, Feb 12, 2005, Terry Reedy wrote: > ""Martin v. Löwis"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> http://www.python.org/psf/contrib.html > > After reading this page and pages linked thereto, I get the impression that > you are only asking for contributor forms fr

[Python-Dev] Re: license issues with profiler.py and md5.h/md5c.c

2005-02-12 Thread Robert Kern
A.M. Kuchling wrote: On Sat, Feb 12, 2005 at 01:54:27PM +1100, Donovan Baarda wrote: Are there any potential problems with making the md5sum module availability "optional" in the same way as this? The md5 module has been a standard module for a long time; making it optional in the next version of

[Python-Dev] Re: license issues with profiler.py and md5.h/md5c.c

2005-02-12 Thread Terry Reedy
""Martin v. Löwis"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.python.org/psf/contrib.html After reading this page and pages linked thereto, I get the impression that you are only asking for contributor forms from contributors of original material (such as module