[5th Draft] Open Letter to CNRI: Request for clarification

[Calvelo Daniel]

Peter Schneider-Kamp <nowonder at nowonder.de> wrote:

: [...]
:> The following attached signatures represent people from the Python
:> community who would like some clarification regarding the future of the
:> Python language. As of now, there has been no official statement from
:> your institution regarding the new Python license. We are especially
:> interested in the underlying intention of this change. So we request
:> a plain-English, non-legalese statement regarding the purpose of that
:> change and the ways in which it affects Python's use.
: [...]

Magnus Lie Hetland <mlh at idi.ntnu.no> wrote:

: Hm. I obviously haven't been paying enough attention lately... I don't
: know what this about - but it seems a tad disturbing... If the changes
: in the licence *might* restrict the use of Python, I would be *very*
: worried... So, I guess I qualify (being interested in a clarification);
: feel free to add me to the list. (I am a Ph. D. student in computer
: science, if you want to include that in the list...)

This is the first, best and probably last occasion I'm posting a "me too".
Add my signature to the list, please, Peter. Not the e-mail address: I'm
on the move.

Python-is-*that*-wonderful-ly y'rs

Daniel.

-- Daniel Calvelo Aros
     calvelo at lifl.fr