[reportlab-users] pdf417 barcodes

[Andy Robinson]

2008/12/31 Carl Karsten <carl at personnelware.com>:

> Andy Robinson wrote:

> for the record,

...

> Could the authors release under BSD?


If we wanted to include their code in our core distro, then we'd at
least want their permission.  But that may be premature.

If someone makes a wrapper or adaptor around another library so that
it can be used within reportlab, I'd suggest the wrapper is released
independently and we just tell people it's there.



> Well, my employer is PyCon - last year we got inquiries if the attendee name

> tags could be scanned.   scanner rental is around $300, I will be surprised

> if we get 10 rentals.  so even if we mark up the rental 100%, that only

> gives us 3k to work with.  Any interest in a booth at PyCon?


Ah well - if you were an insurance giant trying to save a million next
year we might have a case, but there is a much more pragmatic route.
I suggest you just use one of those libraries to make a bitmap barcode
for each person's badge, and then include that (as a bitmap) in the
PyCon badges.  It's a bit less elegant but I hope only a few hours of
work.

- Andy