[Python-Dev] Would GPL on python-mode.el be a problem?

[Guido van Rossum]

> Not too long ago, Matthias Klose submitted an enormous patch (1370 lines) to
> python-mode.el (only 3804 lines itself):
> 
>     https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=875596&group_id=86916&atid=581351
> 
> I decided to start disecting it today and immediately ran into this comment
> by Dave Love (fx at gnu.org):
> 
>     ;; This file contains significant bits of GPL'd code, so it must be
>     ;; under the GPL.  -- fx
> 
> During the python-mode project's short life, I've copied python-mode.el over
> to the Python project's Misc directory a few times.  I thought I'd better
> ask if GPL-ness would present a problem.  I have always remained blissfully
> unaware of licensing details, so I have no grasp of what the ramifications
> are.

Serious.

Do not copy this into Python.

I would recomment rejecting the patch for python-mode.el as well
(isn't that project also using the PSF license?).

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)