Re: Python license

2011-01-04 Thread Barry Warsaw
le under the Python licence. >` > >Upstream licensed its software using Python license to allow the >inclusion into Python. I think this is essentially meaningless. ;) The "Python license" is an imprecise way to refer to the Python Software Foundation License that Pytho

Re: Python license

2011-01-04 Thread Yaroslav Halchenko
$> grep -il 'Python.*license' ~doc/*/copyright /usr/share/doc/calibre-bin/copyright /usr/share/doc/calibre/copyright /usr/share/doc/cython/copyright /usr/share/doc/cython-dbg/copyright /usr/share/doc/diveintopython/copyright /usr/share/doc/ggobi/copyright /usr/share/doc/idle/copyrig

Python license

2011-01-04 Thread Vincent Bernat
Hello and happy new year! Do you know any Python module that the author states as being licensed under "Python license"? Since Python license is stated as a contract between the licensee and the PSF, I wonder how to put that in debian/copyright. My problem is

Re: CNRI Python License question

2007-06-25 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le lundi 25 juin 2007 à 20:17 +0200, Carlos Galisteo a écrit : > Upstream source is released under the CNRI Python License [2] but AFAIK, > the DFSG compliant 'Python License' is the PSF [3] one. > > As you can read in the PSF license full text, there's a controve

CNRI Python License question

2007-06-25 Thread Carlos Galisteo
Hello. My tftpy package [1] is almost ready, but I'm in doubt with the license. Upstream source is released under the CNRI Python License [2] but AFAIK, the DFSG compliant 'Python License' is the PSF [3] one. As you can read in the PSF license full text, there's a c

Re: Python license and GPL programs

2001-01-16 Thread Neil Schemenauer
On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 11:44:47PM +1100, Peter Eckersley wrote: > If you listen to CNRI or BeOpen's lawyers (but not Eben Moglen > & the FSF), you're fine. Guido has told me that something has been worked out with the FSF now. Hopefully this stupid issue can be put to rest and we can all get on

Re: Python license and GPL programs

2001-01-16 Thread Neil Schemenauer
lves). I have it on good authority (ie. Guido) that the incompatibility between the CNRI Python license and the GPL is going to be fixed soon. Neil

Re: Python license and GPL programs

2001-01-16 Thread Peter Eckersley
On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 09:56:46AM +0100, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > On Tuesday 16 January 2001, at 11 h 45, the keyboard of Peter Eckersley > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > clause requiring legal disputes to be settled under the jurisdiction of the > > State of Virginia, USA, > > I mainta

Re: Python license and GPL programs

2001-01-16 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Tuesday 16 January 2001, at 11 h 45, the keyboard of Peter Eckersley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > clause requiring legal disputes to be settled under the jurisdiction of the > State of Virginia, USA, I maintain a Python program, which is GPL. I live in France and I'll never accept such a cl

Re: Python license and GPL programs

2001-01-16 Thread Peter Eckersley
On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, Chris Lawrence wrote: > > By this reasoning, for Python 2.0, you'd also have to add a BeOpen & > California clause. And god knows what jurisdiction 2.1 will be under > (I assume it will be owned by the PSF). > Argh, you're right. Hopefully any future licenses won't includ

Re: Python license and GPL programs

2001-01-15 Thread Chris Lawrence
On Jan 16, Peter Eckersley wrote: > IANAL either, > > but I did do some research into the matter, and you could add a caluse to the > GPL which says something like: > > "If this program is used with Python interpreter code whose license contains a > clause requiring legal disputes to be settled u

Re: Python license and GPL programs

2001-01-15 Thread Tom Cato Amundsen
On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 07:53:15PM -0500, Ben Darnell wrote: > On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 08:33:19PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Note that the license of Python 2 is not compatible with the GNU General > > Public License (cf. clause 6 of the new Python license). Please don

Re: Python license and GPL programs

2001-01-15 Thread Ben Darnell
On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 08:33:19PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Note that the license of Python 2 is not compatible with the GNU General > Public License (cf. clause 6 of the new Python license). Please don't > use GPL code with Python2 without asking the authors of th

Re: Python license and GPL programs

2001-01-15 Thread Peter Eckersley
t; > > Note that the license of Python 2 is not compatible with the GNU General > > Public License (cf. clause 6 of the new Python license). Please don't > > use GPL code with Python2 without asking the authors of the GPL code for > > their explicit permission. > &

Re: Python license and GPL programs

2001-01-15 Thread Tom Cato Amundsen
ense (cf. clause 6 of the new Python license). Please don't > use GPL code with Python2 without asking the authors of the GPL code for > their explicit permission. > > I am distributing Python programs under the GPL. So is this sentence > above telling me that all users are no

Python license and GPL programs

2001-01-15 Thread calvin
Hello, I followed the discussion of the Python 2.0 packaging. In the python2-base package I saw this text: Note that the license of Python 2 is not compatible with the GNU General Public License (cf. clause 6 of the new Python license). Please don't use GPL code with Python2 without a