Re: Python-2.1 becoming Debian's default Python version

[Gregor Hoffleit <gregor@hoffleit.de>]

* Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> [011107 15:04]:
> Neil Schemenauer <nas@python.ca> writes:
> 
> > It's probably better to check if you're unsure rather than speculate or
> > guess.  From the 2.1.1 LICENCE file:
> >
> >     Python 1.6.1 is essentially the same as Python 1.6, with a few minor
> >     bug fixes, and with a different license that enables later versions
> >     to be GPL-compatible.
> 
> The license claims to be GPL compatible, but according to the FSF, it
> isn't, because of the choice-of-law clause.
                                                                ^^^

Can you provide any proof for this claim ?

>From http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html:

  The License of Python 1.6a2 and earlier versions.
      This is a free software license and is compatible with the GNU
      GPL.  Please note, however, that newer versions of Python are
      under other licenses (see below).
    
  The License of Python 2.0.1, 2.1.1, and newer versions.
      This is a free software license and is compatible with the GNU
      GPL.  Please note, however, that intermediate versions of Python
      (1.6b1, through 2.0 and 2.1) are under a different license (see
      below).


    Gregor