[python-win32] Licensing status?

[Mark Hammond]

There are various LICENCE.txt files in subdirectories, which are 
canonical. These LICENCE.txt files pre-date the PSF licence (or the 
PSF!) even existing and this package has many many contributors from 
this week back to last century, so re-licensing is almost impossible.

I don't think the PSF licence makes sense for projects not released by 
the PSF - the closest would be a new custom license exactly like the PSF 
license, but with some words change to make it clear the PSF isn't 
releasing it.

If your lawyers aren't happy with the situation I'd love to hear their 
advice for how it could be cleaned up.

Cheers,

Mark



On 5/04/2023 10:47 pm, Taras CIURIAK wrote:
> Hi, can anyone please confirm the licensing status of the PyWin32 
> module?  I'm under the impression that it's using the Python Software 
> Foundation License, as that's what it states on the Project page, 
> however I'm getting pushback from the powers that be because there's no 
> clearly obvious License.txt in the source:
> 
> /"unfortunately I do not believe the Python Software Foundation License 
> is still valid for this package. While in 
> https://pypi.org/project/pywin32/#description 
> <https://pypi.org/project/pywin32/#description> it does appear that it 
> is licensed under a Python Software Foundation license, the license has 
> unfortunately may have not (sic) been renewed for quite some time and is 
> not available on github."/
> /
> /
> Thanks for any assistance you can provide to clarify..../Taras
> 
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