[Python-Dev] Would GPL on python-mode.el be a problem? (original) (raw)
Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Wed Jan 28 12:07:57 EST 2004
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Not too long ago, Matthias Klose submitted an enormous patch (1370 lines) to python-mode.el (only 3804 lines itself):
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=875596&groupid=86916&atid=581351 I decided to start disecting it today and immediately ran into this comment by Dave Love (fx at gnu.org): ;; This file contains significant bits of GPL'd code, so it must be ;; under the GPL. -- fx During the python-mode project's short life, I've copied python-mode.el over to the Python project's Misc directory a few times. I thought I'd better ask if GPL-ness would present a problem. I have always remained blissfully unaware of licensing details, so I have no grasp of what the ramifications are.
Serious.
Do not copy this into Python.
I would recomment rejecting the patch for python-mode.el as well (isn't that project also using the PSF license?).
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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