License selection for free software

D'Arcy J.M. Cain darcy at druid.net
Wed May 7 07:23:27 EDT 2008


On 06 May 2008 23:00:01 -0700
Paul Rubin <"http://phr.cx"@NOSPAM.invalid> wrote:
> "Matt Porter" <mabbikeel at gmail.com> writes:
> > > Python's non-GPL license certainly is annoying to some of us.
> > I'm intrigued - how can it be annoying?
> 
> It means GPL'd contributions can't be included in the main Python distro.

That's exactly what makes the GPL annoying to some of us.  It just
depends on your point of view.

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