[Python-Dev] LICENSE file in Python 2.0c1

[M.-A. Lemburg]

I've just had a glance at the releas candidate 1. The file LICENSE
has grown somewhat, but not as much as I feared... looking
at the contents I find the following as only reference to the
CNRI license (which holds all the surprises we talked about in
the early beta stages):

"""
CNRI OPEN SOURCE LICENSE AGREEMENT
----------------------------------

Python 1.6 is made available subject to the terms and conditions in
CNRI's License Agreement.  This Agreement together with Python 1.6 may
be located on the Internet using the following unique, persistent
identifier (known as a handle): 1895.22/1012.  This Agreement may also
be obtained from a proxy server on the Internet using the following
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1895.22/1012.
"""

Such a note is nice and short, but not legally binding and 
confusing since it is not clear whether the "handle" for the
document will always return the same license text or if it
will return a license text at all.

It would be more appropriate to include the original CNRI license
text, IMHO. Or is there some hidden motivation behind using the
handle ?

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
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