Pyton 1.6's license

[Barry A. Warsaw]

>>>>> "KK" == Ken Kinder <kkinder at tridog.com> writes:

    KK> I'm a little worried about Debian not packaging Python 1.6
    KK> because RMS feels so strongly (it's RMS) that it isn't
    KK> compatible with GPL. I release Python GPL code and don't feel
    KK> it's incompatible, but it could be damaging to either Debian,
    KK> Python, or both if it can't be packaged.  Can't Python 1.6 be
    KK> licensed under more than one license like Perl?

Ken,

You should email CNRI's Dr. Kahn <kahn at cnri.reston.va.us> with your
concerns.  Explain to him what your project is all about, and why it
is threatened under the CNRI license.  Feel free to be polite but
insistent <wink>.

-Barry