The State of Python

[Paul Magwene]

Stian Husemoen wrote:
> 
> Tim Peters wrote:
> >The old Python license served it very well for a decade.
> 
> It served CNRI very well.. as it made it possible for them to grab a hold of
> everyones contribution and make it their own property.
> 
> The hole driving force of a open source project is that people feel they own
> a part of the code. If that's taken away, people will stop working on the
> project.
> 
> --
> 
> Stian Husemoen <stianh>

Did you bother to read the license before posting that?  Sounds pretty
BSDish too me.  God forbid I have to include a copyright notice!

--Paul


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Paul Magwene
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