[Python-mode] replacing python.el

[Beverley Eyre]

On 01/31/2009 11:00 PM, Glenn Morris wrote:
> Richard M Stallman wrote:
>
>    
>> Since Andreas Röhler is unwilling to sign legal papers for his
>> code in python.el, we cannot use it in Emacs.
>>
>> Would anyone like to implement for python-mode.el whatever
>> nice features python.el may have?  Barry, could you make a TODO list?
>>      
>
> You've got this backwards.
>
> Emacs includes python.el, written by Dave Love, about which there is
> no legal problem.
>
> python-mode.el is the alternative, which has several contributors
> including Andreas R. This has never been included in Emacs.
>
> There is no legal problem affecting python.el distributed with GNU
> Emacs.
>
>    
Glenn,

Don't forget that there was a peck of code that Dave Love took from 
python-mode.el in his python.el.  Although he acknowledged it in the 
comments he used inline, if some of it was from Andreas, maybe rms is 
correct and python.el will have to be sidelined.

Bev
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