The State of Python

[Andrew Kuchling]

bwarsaw at beopen.com (Barry A. Warsaw) writes:
> Without GPL compatibility, Mailman could never rely on any feature or
> patch after the Python 1.6alpha2 release.

Why would this matter?  Mailman is an application, so its licence is
orthogonal to the licence of the substrate it runs on.  You can
compile GNU diff using a Sun compiler, and you could write a GPLed app
in Delphi and release it, after all.  (Or does Mailman copy bits out
of the latest Python in order to guarantee that it has features it needs?)

--amk