Python 2.5 licensing: stop this change

[Fuzzyman]

Fuzzyman wrote:
> 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.
> >
>
> Can I ask for clarification. The charge applies to any commercial use
> of a derivative work based on the Python source code ?
>
> Normal applications that use Python, including bunding the standard
> CPython as an executable, using tools like py2exe, won't be covered.
> Right ?
>
> Does this cover commercial applications that embed the Python
> interpreter ? (Looks like it will)
>

Hmmm... after due consideration (and reading the announcmement
properly), I support this license change in full.

Nice one Steve.

Fuzzy

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>
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