[Python-Dev] Cookies.py in the core

Andrew Kuchling akuchlin@mems-exchange.org
Wed, 2 Aug 2000 17:55:53 -0400


On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 05:46:35PM -0500, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>Are you sure it's a good thing to add LGPL'ed code to the Python
>standard library though?  AFAIK ... it could come under scrutiny and
>prevent closed, proprietary software development using Python...

Licence discussions are a conversational black hole...  Why not just
ask Tim O'Malley to change the licence in return for getting it added
to the core?

--amk