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<p>I don't see a reason. The OSI generally only reacts to requests
for license approval, it doesn't generally approve licenses
without them being submitted. I'm assuming it hasn't be approved
just because no one has asked for it before.</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/6/2026 5:47 AM, Max Mehl wrote:<br>
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As requested by Nick, I would like point to an ongoing
discussion on Python licenses, affecting both OSI's and SPDX\u2019s
realms, and request OSI\u2019s approval of two licenses.</div>
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As you know, the licensing history of Python is quite complex,
and the current license consists of multiple other licenses
representing the long history and the different \u201cownerships\u201d of
the project (CWI, CNRI, BeOpen, PSF).
<a href="https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML/issues/2197"
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spdx/license-list-XML#2197</a> and an <a
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email to spdx-legal@</a> describe a bunch of intertwined
problems around the identifiers of components of Python
licenses. Recently, OSI fixed some of those already, thanks!</div>
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Now, I wonder about the status of the license SPDX describes as
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Python-2.0.1</a>. IIRC, the main difference between <a
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Python-2.0</a> and Python-2.0.1 is in the CNRI part, making it
GPL compatible (the \u201cVirginia clause\u201d). SPDX lists this updated
sub-part as
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CNRI-Python-GPL-Compatible</a>, a successor of <a
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CNRI-Python</a>.</div>
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Since Python 1.6.1 and 2.0.1, Python releases have been licensed
under Python-2.0.1 (and recently additionally 0BSD for its
documentation), while Python-2.0 has only been used for Python
1.6 and 2.0. So modern CPython releases would probably be best
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But OSI only approved Python-2.0 as an Open Source license, as
well as the old CNRI-Python part. This is why I suggest OSI to
approve
<b>Python-2.0.1</b> and <b>CNRI-Python-GPL-Compatible</b> as
Open Source licenses, and mark Python-2.0 and CNRI-Python as
superseded. Is there any reason not to?</div>
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