"JA" == Jerome Alet <alet@unice.fr> writes:
JA> For Zope it's not sure, but for Python, as well as for all JA> what people usually call "open source" languages, the license JA> of choice should be the GPL, or at least the LGPL, in order JA> for the language in question to not become bastardized by some JA> powerful entity. I think I'm accurately channeling Guido when I say that Python will never be GPL'd. AFAIK, there is no GPL code even in the standard Python distribution. Both of those states of affair are by conscious decision: regardless of what you think of the GPL (and I personally happen to believe it can be a good license for /some/ software, but not all) GPL'ing Python would be a very bad thing. Guido has always intended for people to do whatever they want with Python, including using it in everything from closed source, proprietary, big-$$$ software to completely free software. That's been a key to Python's success, IMO. I don't think anybody's really concerned that forking and bastardizing is a real threat. Heck, if you include Jython/JPython, .NET Python, Vyper, and Stackless there are already forks of Python out in the world getting real use. (C)Python's success hasn't suffered one bit, in fact, it's probably /benefitted/ from them. Cheers, -Barry