On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 03:10:31PM +0100, Gregor Hoffleit wrote: | * Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011107 15:04]: | > Neil Schemenauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | > | > > It's probably better to check if you're unsure rather than speculate or | > > guess. From the 2.1.1 LICENCE file: | > > | > > Python 1.6.1 is essentially the same as Python 1.6, with a few minor | > > bug fixes, and with a different license that enables later versions | > > to be GPL-compatible. | > | > The license claims to be GPL compatible, but according to the FSF, it | > isn't, because of the choice-of-law clause. | ^^^ | | Can you provide any proof for this claim ? | | From http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html: | | The License of Python 1.6a2 and earlier versions. | This is a free software license and is compatible with the GNU | GPL. Please note, however, that newer versions of Python are | under other licenses (see below). | | The License of Python 2.0.1, 2.1.1, and newer versions. ^^^^ | This is a free software license and is compatible with the GNU | GPL. Please note, however, that intermediate versions of Python | (1.6b1, through 2.0 and 2.1) are under a different license (see ^^ | below).
This is what I thought (note the micro version differences!, also note that python doesn't put a .0 micro version, but rather an empty string micro version for the first release) -D
