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Subject: Re: Why Python When There Is Perl?
Date: 21 Mar 2024 04:49:50 GMT
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On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 18:20:52 -0400, DFS wrote:

> On 3/20/2024 12:23 AM, rbowman wrote:
>> On Tue, 19 Mar 2024 22:55:03 -0400, DFS wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> To run it:
>>>
>>> 1) install Python
>>>
>>> 2) install PyQt 5
>> 
>> I've been using PySide6.
> 
> Work or play?


Play.  Any work Python was ArcPy and I never had need for a GUI.

https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/3.1/arcpy/get-started/what-is-arcpy-.htm

If I were to use it I would have to use PySide6. That goes back to the 
original days of Trolltech. We looked at QT as a possible replacement for 
the Motif GUIs but it would have taken at least 6 Philadelphia lawyers to 
unravel their commercial license. 
  
https://www.pythonguis.com/faq/pyqt5-vs-pyside2/

That's a little dated since it talks about PySide2. There was a lag but 
PySide6 is up to speed. The relevant portion, and this applies to other 
areas:

"If you are planning to release your software itself under the GPL, or you 
are developing software which will not be distributed, the GPL requirement 
of PyQt5 is unlikely to be an issue. However, if you plan to distribute 
your software without distributing the source you will either need to 
purchase a commercial license from Riverbank for PyQt5 or use PySide2.

The LGPL license does not require you to share the source code of your own 
applications, even if they are bundled with PySide2. You only need to 
ensure that the source code covered by the LGPL is made available, 
including modifications you have made to it, if any. In normal use there 
will not be any modifications and the standard distributions of PySide2/
Qt5 source code will already cover this for you."

GPL is the kiss of death for anyone developing proprietary software. 
Stallman's licensing requires not 6 but 12 Philadelphia lawyers. I've said 
it before but if professional programmers don't use it, they are not going 
to find bugs that they will report back upstream.