Microsoft and GPL?

[Sam Schulenburg]

Tim;

Thanks for the opinion (grin)
I was not shure weather Python was GPL or not. Of course I would not take a
usenet statment as final, and if I get the job I will be talking with the
lawyers.

Sam Schulenburg

In article <mailman.987882691.3199.python-list at python.org>, Tim Peters
<tim.one at home.com> writes:
>[Sam Schulenburg]
>> I recently had an interview with a prospective employer,  who stated
>> that their product used windows NT, and their license agreement with
>> Microsoft prohibited the inclusion of GPL licensed software being
>> shipped with their product. My question is Python included in that
>> or not?
>> All opinions welcome.
>
>Opinions are worthless, including your employer's:  tell your prospective
>employer to have their lawyer look at both the MS license and Python's.
>Python is not released under the GPL, and that much is a fact, but your
>understanding of your prospective employer's understanding of the true
>legalities is probably fatally flawed at both stages <0.4 wink>.
>
>usenet-is-no-substitute-for-putting-a-lawyer's-kids-thru-college-ly
>    y'rs  - tim
>
>

"Sam Schulenburg" <samschul at pacbell.net> wrote in message
news:7UkE6.31$gp2.51794 at news.pacbell.net...
> I recently had an interview with a prospective employer,  who stated that
> their product used windows NT, and their license agreement with Microsoft
> prohibited the inclusion of GPL licensed software being shipped with their
> product. My question is Python included in that or not?
> All opinions welcome.
>
> Sam Schulenburg
>
>
>