Fate of win32all?

[dsavitsk]

another 'me too' reply of thanks.  i have switched my entire company to
python -- mostly with the help of the win32all package.  i don't know what i
would do w/o pythonwin ... well, being in law school i'd probably spend more
time studying and less time coding.

thanks,

doug


"Mark Hammond" <mhammond at skippinet.com.au> wrote in message
news:3C242A7F.2060805 at skippinet.com.au...
> stalin wrote:
>
> > I've used win32all occasionally--always in noncommercial settings--and
> > have found it helpful.  I'd like to thank Mr. Hammond for developing
> > the packages
>
>
> My pleasure.
>
> > and ActiveState for supporting their recent maintenance
> > by employing Hammond.
>
>
> Unfortunately, I am no longer employed by ActiveState :(
>
> > Mr. Hammond had personally developed the win32 packages to
> > considerable maturity before he became involved with ActiveState.  His
> > employment by ActiveState appears to have come to an untimely end just
> > recently (
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-December/019038.html
> > ).  I don't mean to be insensitive--I'm sure Hammond has a lot on his
> > mind right now--but I wonder about the fate of win32all.  What role
> > does ActiveState now play in licensing the package?  Has the original
> > author lost a degree of his control over it to his former employer?
>
>
> Nope.  The win32all license remains unchanged.  See the license.txt
> files in the distribution.  Basically *anyone* is free to do whatever
> they choose with the package, including building their own distribution.
>   ActiveState have no special rights over this at all.
>
> Specifically, I fully intend releasing new win32all packages.
> ActiveState did have me working very hard on Komodo, but no longer ;)  I
> am leaving for a Christmas break, but intend getting a win32all out by
> the new year - if not, just a few days after.
>
> Mark.
>