[Distutils] PyPi not allowing duplicate filenames

[Nathaniel Smith]

On Oct 14, 2015 10:02 PM, "Ben Finney" <ben+python at benfinney.id.au> wrote:
>
> Nathaniel Smith <njs at pobox.com> writes:
>
> > That's under Apache 2, so it can't be used by GPLv2 packages, or any
> > package that might be used by GPLv2 packages.
>
> I'm not sure what the claim is here, but it seems false to me.
>
> Apache License 2.0 permits a derived work to be released under a
> different license (even a non-free license). See Apache License 2.0 §4.

The FSF believes that Apache 2 is incompatible with GPLv2 (but v3 is OK),
IIRC because of some technicalities involving the patent provisions. (I'm
sure you can google up infinite detail if you want -- I'm just the
messenger.) There are others who disagree and think it's fine, but no one
wants murkiness when it comes to licenses, so people with BSD or GPLv2
projects are unlikely to risk incorporating code from a project under
Apache 2.

-n
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