[Python-Dev] Still no new license -- but draft text available

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <8mbeg70243j at news1.newsguy.com>,
Alex Martelli <alex at magenta.com> wrote:
>
>I'm not a lawyer, but: classical legal doctrine (from Roman Law,
>which I do know a tiny little bit about as an amateur passionate in
>Roman history:-) holds that if a contract contains provisions contra
>legem, then the _whole_ contract may be deemed null and void; private
>agreements not being allowed to override the law in any way, any
>agreement so doing becomes suspect.

I don't know about contracts, but I've seen many proposed laws in the
USA come with provisions that say (paraphrased), "Should any section of
this law get struck down by a court, the remaining sections still
stand."
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