Python 2.5 licensing: stop this change

[Philippe Martin]

That was nasty Steve - at least I'm ready for any kind of bad new today ;-)

Regards,


Philippe


Steve Holden wrote:

> As the only director of the Python Software Foundation to vote against a
> recent Board motion to implement the change in licensing terms described
> in
> 
>    http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2006/04/python-25-licensing-change.html
> 
> I would like to place on record my protest against this change. I think
> it will harm the Python language and ultimately be counter-productive,
> reducing the user base and discouraging open source programmers from
> contributing to the code base.
> 
> If you disagree with this proposed change it's not too late to do
> something about it. If this change goes ahead it will be the end of
> Python as we know it.
> 
> regards
>   Steve