[Python-Dev] Applying the PSF license to the config-py project

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Tue May 11 15:51:18 EDT 2004


On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 15:43, David Ascher wrote:

> Alternatively use the BSD or MIT license.  There's nothing magical about 
> the PSF license as far as I'm concerned, and its particular wording 
> implies ownership by the PSF, so it's not 'generic', and it refers to 
> other licenses, so another "liberal" license like BSD/MIT works (GPL 
> isn't the same) in terms of the code being 'adoptable' by the PSF.

Of course, if you own the code, you can release it under any (and
multiple) license.  If/when the time comes, you will also be able to
donate it to the PSF at which point they/we will put it under the PSF
license.

-Barry





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