[Python-Dev] Re: [Patches] [ python-Patches-428326 ] Timer class for threading (original) (raw)

Jack Jansen jack@oratrix.nl
Wed, 30 May 2001 14:26:39 +0200

On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 02:16:31AM -0700, noreply@sourceforge.net wrote:

> OK, I'm un-withdrawing this patch. Just had to get things > straight with our lawyer. The patch is released under the > following license (the X11 license with 4 extra paragraphs > of disclaimers :): > http://www.zoteca.com/opensource/LICENSE.txt [...] The easiest solution would of course be for Itamar to get his boss/lawyers to give us the right to relicence it under the PSF licence :)

I think this is the only viable solution. If various parts of Python have different license agreements this may well be a reason for people not to use Python because the hassle of figuring out which pieces fit their own licensing policy.

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