An idea - request for comments

[phil]

On 9 Aug 1999 09:13:30 GMT, m.faassen at vet.uu.nl (Martijn Faassen)
wrote:

>phil <phil at ricochet.net> wrote:
>[snip discussion of licenses, GPL, etc]
>> I can't forbid commercial use. This was why i chose Python. I have no
>> idea if people can or will  make money on my interface. If Python
>> imposes commercial limitations then i'll have to drop it, pissed-ly,
>> since i spent quite a bit of time writing an extension, but that's the
>> way it goes.
>
>I'm confused. Perhaps you're under the impression Python is distributed
>under the GPL? It's not; it's distributed under its own license which
>(read it) basically allows you to do anything you like with it, commercial
>or not.
<snip very interesting licence discussion>

Thanks. I was confused.  I'd read the Python licence and it was
completely open. The 'GPL' threw me and i was concerned that things
were a-changing.

Less confused-ly  yours,

phil

>
>License-pundit-for-5-minutes-ly yours,
>
>Martijn