[6th Draft] Open Letter to CNRI: Request for clarification

[Yakov Markovitch]

Please add my signature to the list:

Yakov Markovitch, Lead Programmer, InterSoft Lab,
mailto:markovitch at iso.ru

Yours sincerely 
                Yakov Markovitch, Lead Programmer 
                InterSoft Lab 
                Phone: 7 095 218-4014 
                mailto:markovitch at iso.ru 

Peter Schneider-Kamp wrote:
> 
> PREFACE: Anyone can sign this open letter. This is not only for
>          hardcore coders and Python developers, but for every
>          Python user/addict out there.
> 
> - more signatures
> - minor editing
> 
> --- begin open letter -------------------------------------------------
> To: Dr. Robert E. Kahn <rkahn at cnri.reston.va.us>,
>     (president of The Corporation for National Research Initiatives)
> 
> Dear Dr. Kahn,
> 
> Many people in the Python community have concerns about the license
> issues that have popped up around the new 1.6/2.0 releases.
> 
> The following attached signatures represent people from the Python
> community who would like some clarification regarding the future of the
> Python language. To date, there has been no official statement from
> your institution regarding the new Python license. We are especially
> interested in the overall intent of this change. So we request a
> plain-English, non-legalese statement regarding the purpose of that
> change and the ways in which it affects Python's use.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Peter Schneider-Kamp
> --- end open letter ----------------------------------------------------
> --- begin signature list -----------------------------------------------
> Martijn Faassen [m.faassen at vet.uu.nl]
> Stuart Ford (Programmer/Analyst E.H. Boeckh Corporation)
> Jay Graves
> Magnus Lie Hetland (Ph.D. student Computer Science)
> Konrad Hinsen (Centre de Biophysique Moleculaire CNRS)
> Michael Hudson (maths grad student, Python developer) [mwh at python.net]
> Aahz Maruch [aahz at pobox.com]
> Gareth McCaughan
> David Mertz (author of a Python column for IBM developerworks)
> Edward Jason Riedy
> Will Ware
> Thomas Weholt
> Thomas Wouters (Systems Architect, Python developer)
> Moshe Zadka (mathematician, Python developer) [moshez at math.huji.ac.il]
> --- end signature list -------------------------------------------------
> 
> Please add/change/remove your signatures.
> 
> Feedback as always strongly appreciated.
> 
> or-should-I-send-the-1st-draft-<wink>-ly y'rs
> Peter
> --
> Peter Schneider-Kamp          ++47-7388-7331
> Herman Krags veg 51-11        mailto:peter at schneider-kamp.de
> N-7050 Trondheim              http://schneider-kamp.de
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