Re: python-2.1 for unstable?

[Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>]

Gregor Hoffleit <gregor@hoffleit.de> writes:

> > This is probably correct, but it is completely irrelevant in our case.
> > Some parts of Python 2.1 are still covered by the GPL-incompatible
> > CNRI license, so Python 2.1 as a whole is not GPL compatible.
> 
> I'm glad to correct you, but according to Guido and Eben, that's not the
> case. The only remaining problem with the CNRI license was the choice-of-law
> clause. Apparently Eben said to Guido that for GPL compatibility only the
> choice-of-law in the topmost license on the stack matters, and that's the
> PSF license. I'm no lawyer, so don't ask me why.

This means that you can incorporate GPLed code whose copyright is
owned by the FSF into Python, but other copyright owners might still
ask you not to do this.