<div dir="ltr">When I check the differences, 2.7.5 is not copied from what is listed on OSI. The OSI site lists Python 1.6b1 or Python 1.6, beta 1. This isn't present in the current version or in 2.7.5; both list 1.6.1 instead. <div><br></div><div>Paragraph 7 in the CNRI portion is short compared to how it is in the current version of license.</div><div><br></div><div>OSI:</div>7. This License Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in all respects by the law of the State of Virginia, excluding conflict of law provisions. Nothing in this License Agreement shall be deemed to create any relationship of agency, partnership, or joint venture between CNRI and Licensee. This License Agreement does not grant permission to use CNRI trademarks or trade name in a trademark sense to endorse or promote products or services of Licensee, or any third party.<br><br><div>Python:<br>7. This License Agreement shall be governed by the federal intellectual property law of the United States, including without limitation the federal copyright law, and, to the extent such U.S. federal law does not apply, by the law of the Commonwealth of Virginia, excluding Virginia's conflict of law provisions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with regard to derivative works based on Python 1.6.1 that incorporate non-separable material that was previously distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL), the law of the Commonwealth of Virginia shall govern this License Agreement only as to issues arising under or with respect to Paragraphs 4, 5, and 7 of this License Agreement. Nothing in this License Agreement shall be deemed to create any relationship of agency, partnership, or joint venture between CNRI and Licensee. This License Agreement does not grant permission to use CNRI trademarks or trade name in a trademark sense to endorse or promote products or services of Licensee, or any third party.<div><br></div><div>Maybe the version listed on the OSI site comes from a version that only existed for a brief time or maybe a draft? It could be why I can't find it on the Python site or used by a python project.</div><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Candice<br></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 3:53 AM Gregor Hoffleit <<a href="mailto:gregor@hoffleit.de">gregor@hoffleit.de</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div>From what I can see, the license text on the OSI site (<a href="https://opensource.org/licenses/Python-2.0" target="_blank">https://opensource.org/licenses/Python-2.0</a>) is in fact copied from the license of Python 2.7.5: <a href="https://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7.5/license/" target="_blank">(https://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7.5/license/</a>).</div><div><br></div><div>The history of the Python license had a few rough edges. The Python project website has a short history of Python and its license: <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/license.html" target="_blank">https://docs.python.org/3/license.html</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Most important, there was a short period in 2000/2001 in which Python was distributed with licenses which were not compatible with the GPL. Namely the licenses of Python 1.6, 2.0 and 2.1. This problem was later on fixed with changes to the licenses in 1.6.1, 2.0.1 and 2.1.1.<br></div><div><br></div><div>So the license of Python 2.0 was substantially different from 2.0.1 and different from the licenses of later Python versions.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I would have to browse through my mail archives regarding the details of the problems.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,<br></div><div> Gregor Hoffleit<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><hr id="gmail-m_7797433361109646661zwchr"><div><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16,16,255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><b>Von: </b>"Candice Wright" <<a href="mailto:timelessdevotion@gmail.com" target="_blank">timelessdevotion@gmail.com</a>><br><b>An: </b><a href="mailto:license-discuss@lists.opensource.org" target="_blank">license-discuss@lists.opensource.org</a><br><b>Gesendet: </b>Donnerstag, 11. Februar 2021 18:38:04<br><b>Betreff: </b>[License-discuss] Question about Python 2.0 license<br></blockquote></div><div><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16,16,255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Hi everyone!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">I’m trying to find out why the Python 2.0 license listed on OSI
and SPDX differs some from the Python license listed on their site. I help with ClearlyDefined, which uses SPDX identifiers to identify project licenses, but the
difference in the license text is having some of us think we shouldn't use 'Python-2.0' for Python projects since it isn’t a match.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">I’m not very familiar with the history of Python and the license, but I
couldn’t find the version listed on OSI being used in the Python projects I have
come across.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Can someone help me understand why there is a difference and
if we can update the wording to match the current Python license text?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Thank you,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Candice</p></div>
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