The State of Python
Stian Husemoen
stianh at ifi.uio.no
Thu Jul 27 18:10:18 EDT 2000
Tim Peters wrote:
>credible answer on that one. Note that contributions to Python generally
>weren't accepted if they contained a license more restrictive than the
>Python license; for example, there is no GPL'ed code in the Python
>distribution. Note also that, late in the game, CNRI required a release
>form with all Python contributions, specifically granting CNRI certain broad
>rights to your code.
If Python had the GPL-license we would never have gotten into this mess. My
main argument for *not* using Python at first was that it didn't
have the GPL attached to it... Yes, the GPL is more restricive but you can't
have both ways.
There will always be a danger of this happening again until someone make a
GNU version of Python. (btw. would this be possible?)
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Stian Husemoen <stianh>
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