Python 2.5 licensing: stop this change

[Tim Roberts]

Steve Holden <steve at holdenweb.com> 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.

The subject of this post really scared me.  I was one of the driver
developers for XFree86.  They really DID change their license in XFree86
4.4, and within about 6 months, XFree86 was effectively dead and X.Org had
taken over the world, with the same code base but a more traditional
license.

I held my breath until I read the actual document...
-- 
- Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
  Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.