On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Robert Kern<[email protected]> wrote: > On 2009-08-14 01:42 AM, Ondrej Certik wrote: >> >> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 10:51 PM, Robert >> Bradshaw<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Aug 13, 2009, at 6:48 PM, Fernando Perez wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 5:05 PM, William Stein<[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> I'm just curious. Why does the PSF reject BSD-licensed code, but >>>>> accept Apache-licensed code, given that the Apache license is vastly >>>>> more restrictive than BSD? I can understand this, but find it >>>>> surprising. >>>>> >>>> >>>> I'm also scratching my head a little on that one, and would love to >>>> hear the reasons behind it... >>> >>> Yes, me too. The page in question is here: http://www.python.org/psf/ >>> contrib/ . I think it would be much simpler to just use the BSD and >>> be done with it. >>> >>> On the other hand, ctypes is MIT license, and is now included with >>> Python, so maybe the above is not set in stone. >> >> What stops you from taking a BSD code and relicense it to Apache? >> >> You don't need any permission, do you? > > In particular, the Apache license includes language that explicitly allows you > to sublicense. The BSD license does not, so BSD->PSF or BSD->Apache->PSF is > murkier than Apache->PSF.
Ok, I thought that BSD is a safe bet for everything. I was wrong. Ondrej _______________________________________________ Cython-dev mailing list [email protected] http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/cython-dev
