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Python cryptography, Rust, and Gentoo

Python cryptography, Rust, and Gentoo

Posted Feb 17, 2021 19:15 UTC (Wed) by rgmoore (✭ supporter ✭, #75)
In reply to: Python cryptography, Rust, and Gentoo by MrWim
Parent article: Python cryptography, Rust, and Gentoo

I agree with LtWorf that "cannot really be considered open-source" is rather hyperbolic.

I think it's closer to true than you might expect. The GPL requires that source be provided in the preferred format for making modifications. That was meant to exclude things like generated code (rather than the material used to generate it) and obfuscated source, but it's not that far out to extend it to source being a copy of the version control system rather than just the raw source files.


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Python cryptography, Rust, and Gentoo

Posted Feb 18, 2021 22:19 UTC (Thu) by marcH (subscriber, #57642) [Link]

Imagine a few people on the Internet want to collaborate and start some experimental branch for a project hosted with subversion _without_ bothering the maintainers. They would most likely start by cloning the subversion project to git or similar - and submit back to subversion only in the end (if ever).


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