What is the correct form for saying "licensed under the same terms as Python itself"?

Tim Chase python.list at tim.thechases.com
Wed Sep 14 15:04:34 EDT 2016


On 2016-09-14 11:57, Brendan Abel wrote:
> Also, according to the python web site, they only accept
> contributions under the following licenses:
> 
>    - Academic Free License v. 2.1
>    <http://www.samurajdata.se/opensource/mirror/licenses/afl-2.1.php>
>    - Apache License, Version 2.0
>    <http://opensource.org/licenses/apache2.0.php>
> 
> https://www.python.org/psf/contrib/
> 
> So, if you want your code to be available to the Python team (which
> is what it sounds like), you should use one of those 2 licenses, or
> consider using an even more permissive license (like the MIT
> license) that would not prohibit your project from being relicensed
> under the Apache or Python license.

In today's "questions you've wanted to ask but never got around to,
and somebody else answered them concisely even without you asking"...
I've long been curious about this, but never sufficiently to actually
go hunt down an answer.  And here it is, packaged neatly in my
inbox.  Thanks!

-tkc






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