-h, --help option

[Scott Neugroschl]

Quoth anatoly:

>Do GNU/POSIX standards evolve? If not, is there any more modern standard that includes these? 
> I am worried, because --help is a standard option for any Python program, so no Python program can be POSIX compliant.
>
>Are there any modern initiatives to develop standard like POSIX. Modern means backed up with latest UX research that emerged in the last decade?

I'm just a layman and a lurker, but wouldn't there also be licensing issues with using the GNU long options code?