[Zope] zope 2.2.1 and python 1.6

Evan Simpson evan@4-am.com
Wed, 13 Sep 2000 13:00:13 -0400


From: Nils Kassube <lists@kassube.de>
> According to Guido van Rossum in
>
> http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2000-09-07-011-21-OS-CY-SW
>
> you are not able to use GPL'ed Zope products with Python 1.6
> (or 2.0) until the dispute is settled.

No copyright-based licence whatsoever, including but not limited to the GPL, ZPL, and the licence on
Microsoft Word, can ever prevent you from *using* any software you like, in any combination.

They can only constrain *distribution* of that software and derived works.  This is a serious
problem for software authors, but not for people running Zope-based sites.

Cheers,

Evan @ digicool & 4-am