Guido van Rossum writes: > I'm not a lawyer either, but I repeat my opinion that the license allows > this.
I think it does too, and I think it can go in Debian as-is. I would still prefer to see this clarified, though. Other licenses (the GPL, for example) do so. > Hmm... Cheap Bytes must have a lawyer they can have look into this if > they are as paranoid as you are. No, Cheap Bytes cannot have their lawyer look into it. They are able to sell Debian CD's for $1.99 because they can grab the official CD off the web site and slap it on plastic with minimal overhead. There are more than 2200 packages in Debian. If they had to pay a lawyer to review the copyright on every one of them the cost and delay would make it impossible for them to sell Debian at all. Fortunately, they trust us when we say everything in main is free. > It is certainly not my intention to send nasty letters to people who > increase the distribution of JPython or Grail! Of course it isn't, but can you speak for all your successors? Institutional policies change. I repeat: I think the license is free enough to go into main, but I still would like to see it clarified. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI
