[Python-Dev] PEP 481 - Migrate Some Supporting Repositories to Git and Github

[Nick Coghlan]

On 30 November 2014 at 15:23, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:
> Python is already using quite a bit of non-free software in its
> ecosystem. The Windows builds of CPython are made with Microsoft's
> compiler, and the recent discussion about shifting to Cygwin or MinGW
> basically boiled down to "but it ought to be free software", and that
> was considered not a sufficiently strong argument. In each case, the
> decision has impact on other people (using MSVC for the official
> python.org installers means extension writers need to use MSVC too;
> and using GitHub means that contributors are strongly encouraged,
> possibly required, to use GitHub); so why is it acceptable to use a
> non-free compiler, but not acceptable to use a non-free host?

Relying on non-free software to support users of a non-free platform
is rather different from *requiring* the use of non-free software to
participate in core Python community design processes.

Regards,
Nick.

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