[Python-checkins] cpython: improve license

[benjamin.peterson]

benjamin.peterson pushed 0873fb83f1e2 to cpython:

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/0873fb83f1e2
changeset:   68052:0873fb83f1e2
tag:         tip
user:        Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org>
date:        Sat Feb 26 12:06:36 2011 -0600
summary:
  improve license

files:
  LICENSE

diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
 Copyright (C) 2011 by Python authors and the Python Software Foundation
 
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
-deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
-rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
-sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+In place of a legal mess, here is a poem:
 
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
-all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
-FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
-IN THE SOFTWARE.
+I met a traveller from an antique land
+Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
+Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
+Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown
+And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command
+Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
+Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
+The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed.
+And on the pedestal these words appear:
+"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
+Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
+Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
+Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
+The lone and level sands stretch far away.

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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython