Re: [xml] xmlsoft bindings with C interpreter Ch

[wayne softintegration com (Wayne Cheng)]

> On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 13:22, Daniel Veillard wrote:
> >  Hi Wayne,
> >
> > On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 07:57:26PM -0400, Wayne Cheng wrote:
> > > Ch libxml2 package is released.
> > > The Ch libxml2 package is a C/C++ interpreter Ch binding to the
> > > libxml2 library. The Ch libxml2 package is an open source package and
> > > can be found at http://chlibxml2.sourceforge.net/.
> > > The source code for building libxml2 interface with Ch is 
> > > included in the package.
> > >
> > > I wonder if you can add a link from your website 
> > > about Ch libxml2 package. The author and maintainer for
> > > Ch libxml2 pacakge is Zhaoqing Wang.
> > >
> > > With Ch libxml2 pacakge, all libxml2 functions can run
> > > across platform in Ch without compilation.
> > >
> > > Ch is a free C/C++ interpreter for cross-platform scripting,
> > > shell programming, 2D/3D plotting, numerical computing, and
> > > embedded scripting. It runs in Windows, Linux, Solaris, MacOSX,
> > > Freebsd and HP-UX.
> >
> >   I went to http://www.softintegration.com/ but wasn't able to find
> > out the Licence under which the Ch environment is released. It's 
> > kind of annoying, I would not be too fond to promote a closed source
> > solution. On the other hand the work done by chlibxml2 authors
> > seems nice, but the Licence for Ch is unclear to me and not explained
> > in any FAQ I could find on their site. A free binary environment would
> > unfortunately be very similar to the Java trap IMHO...

Daniel,

Hope the answer from Simon below might be helpful.  C/C++ is
is open stardard, and the language itself is not defined by any company.
As a C/C++ interpreter, it is not a new language.  libxml2 is written
in C and chlibxml2 also provides the open source interface. It allows
C/C++ users to run libxml2 without bothering to compile. I saw
java interfaace to libxml2 is also listed in your website, think
chlibxml2 might a good fit. Thanks

Wayne

> The license for the "free" version of the CH interpreter is available on
> the site if you follow the download links. It is free-as-in-beer only:
> http://www.softintegration.com/download/register/license/license4chstd.html
> though source code appears to be available in the download.
>
> The license for the libxml2 wrapper (developed on sourceforge) is
> somewhat unusual. It is a "pristine source" license, allowing
> distributions of modifications only as patches to the "official" code,
> plus requirements to credit the original authors.
>
> All perfectly allowed, as far as I can see, given libxml2 is distributed
> under the MIT (bsd-like) license.
>
> Regards,
>
> Simon
>
>
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