On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 11:39:17AM +1100, Ben Leslie wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Angus Lees wrote:
>
> <snip>
> >
> > which is going to be so very useful, when the next python license
> > turns out to be incompatible with the GPL.. (see license for python
> > 1.6) [insert anti- python / commercially sponsored competitions
> > bigotry here]
>
> Not to start an off-topic flame war, but what specifically is wrong with
> license begin incompatible with the GPL? THere are many free licenses whic
> turn out to be incompatible with the GPL.
There are a lot of python utils distributed under the GPL. The theory
is that a non-gpl compatable python makes thse illegal to distribute
(a bit like the old KDE argument).
Personally I think this isn't a problem with interprete languages
but i don't really know enough about python to tell how
the utils "link" with the interpreter.
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