[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Final updates for this Python Policy revision



anatoly techtonik schrieb:
> On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Adam <Adam.Schmalhofer@gmx.de> wrote:
>> This is a topic for debian-legal not debian-pyhton. Discuss it with them
>> (after looking at the archive), as they are the experts. If there are
>> problems (= results) that can be brought here again.
> 
> The point is to make Python Policy clear without additional consulting
> from Debian lawyers. I understand that most of us do not want to deal
> with these issues, but it will only do good if people won't have any
> questions after reading the policy.
> 
> Questions like "Debian Python Policy is all about GPL. Do I have to
> release my Python package under GPL?". Most people (as you clearly
> expressed) don't care, so upstream maintainers would just avoid Debian
> packaging and let it do by someone else.
> 

	CC-By-Sa as you have suggested is a copyleft license as well so why
would one not ask "Do I need to publish my python stuff now under
CC-By-Sa" if one isn't sure about GPL? And having read both licenses I
fail to see where the CC license is easier to read (in the relevant
legalcode) as the GPL



Reply to: