Bud P. Bruegger wrote:

>On Wed, 06 Nov 2002 11:42:50 +0100
>Juan David Ibáñez Palomar  wrote:
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>>Interesting, you describe some of the things I've aleady implemented
>>in XPY :-)
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>>As I am unhappy with the available tools in Python I decided to
>>write yet another one, whose name is XPY. It is still in an early
>>stage of development, but I already use it for my web site (see
>>http://www.j-david.net).
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>>XPY is mostly inspired in XSLT, the main difference is that the
>>transformation language is Python. It stands for "XPath PYthon".
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>>The idea is, from an XHTML file (or in general, an XML file) a DOM
>>tree is built with an extended higher level API. To this tree you
>>apply a rule, which is a Python function. This rule can use xpath
>>expressions to match other nodes in the tree and apply other rules,
>>the tree is transformed using the standard DOM API, or better, the
>>higher level one provided by XPY.
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>I had a very quick first look.  Looks very interesting.  I noted the GPL
>license--does that mean one can only use it with GPL'd apps?
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Yes, it can be used with propietary software, what you can't
do is to distribute software with an GPL incompatible license
and xpy together.

Well, this is my understanding, but I'm not a lawyer.


>>Maybe you want to look at XPY, get it from the CVS of the lleu
>>project in SourceForge:
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>>http://sf.net/projects/lleu
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>>I'm very interested on finding people that helps me to develop it,
>>because I don't have too much time.
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>>By the way, XPY has nothing to do with Zope, it is a Python module
>>and uses distutils.
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>I am definitely interested but don't have time right now to start.  One problem
>I would have is the license--I would prefer LGPL or Python license or something
>similar such that it can also be used in closed-source or open-source but not
>gpl products.  Would you consider this?
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I only will consider to switch to the Python license if the module
becomes part of the standard library, what of course is not going
to happen any time soon if ever.

I could consider to switch to the LGPL, or to provide specific
licenses on demand (in exchange of something, contributions or
money).

I have to think about this, if you or somebody else wants to use
xpy or help with its development and the license is a problem I'm
confident we will find a solution.


>Also, do you see a chance to make it work with dom fragments?
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Sure (I guess, I haven't really though about it). Maybe this is
something you could contribute.


Cheers,

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J. David Ibáñez, http://www.j-david.net
Software Engineer / Ingénieur Logiciel / Ingeniero de Software