The State of Python

[Rainer Deyke]

"Steve Lamb" <grey at despair.rpglink.com> wrote in message
news:slrn8nv0l4.mqi.grey at teleute.rpglink.com...
>     Stupid question: Why is it everyone and their mother is coming out
with a
> new open source license for their project instead of sticking with the
> established ones?  I mean, it causes headaches trying to keep all of the
> licenses legally compatible with one another which can cause problems for
open
> source down the road when these licenses are actually put to the legal
test.

Probably because they find the GNU licenses (the only "real" standard open
source licenses) too restrictive (or too permissive as the case may be).


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