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Thanks for the additional comments. Ive met Deb (ED of PSF) in Berlin this week and she was fine with me submitting both licenses, provided I Cc her in the submission emails.</div>
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Consequently, Ive opened two separate threads on license-review@.</div>
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<b>From: </b>License-discuss <license-discuss-bounces@lists.opensource.org> on behalf of McCoy Smith <mccoy@lexpan.law><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, 17. March 2026 at 15:34<br>
<b>To: </b>license-discuss@lists.opensource.org <license-discuss@lists.opensource.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [License-discuss] Python-2.0.1 and CNRI-Python-GPL-Compatible<br>
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<p class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">Max:</p>
<p class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">If you think the newer version of the Python license ought to be approved by the OSI, someone needs to submit it through the license approval process, described here:
<a href="https://opensource.org/licenses/review-process" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" originalsrc="https://opensource.org/licenses/review-process" data-outlook-id="fd6a6813-a28d-48a4-8e0b-7de4c8297231" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
https://opensource.org/licenses/review-process</a></p>
<p class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">Given that it sounds like 2.0.1 is now being used by Python, and 2.0 is only a legacy of older versions, I'd suggest that if submitted, at the same time 2.0 be "Voluntarily Retired" as have many other
licenses that have been superceded by newer versions (see the list here: <a href="https://opensource.org/licenses?categories=superseded%2Cvoluntarily-retired" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" originalsrc="https://opensource.org/licenses?categories=superseded%2Cvoluntarily-retired" data-outlook-id="bbc957bc-2e98-418a-bcd0-3a50dba639ed" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
https://opensource.org/licenses?categories=superseded%2Cvoluntarily-retired</a>); if it is not, 2.0 will likely be tagged (if 2.0.1 is approved) as superseded, like these licenses:
<a href="https://opensource.org/licenses?categories=superseded" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" originalsrc="https://opensource.org/licenses?categories=superseded" data-outlook-id="8fae0716-8fa9-48df-a701-c09e0a3fea51" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
https://opensource.org/licenses?categories=superseded</a> Same comment for the newer CNRI license versus the old one.</p>
<p class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">I would suggest that someone from the Python community (if you aren't one already) do the submission, if that result is indeed desired. The review process requirements are in the link above.</p>
<p class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">*This is no commentary on the approvability of the 2.0.1. or new CNRI license, which I haven't read, but just a general comment on how the result you want might be accomplished.</p>
<p class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">McCoy Smith</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/16/2026 5:46 PM, Pamela Chestek wrote:</div>
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<p class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">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:</div>
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Hi everyone,</div>
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As requested by Nick, I would like point to an ongoing discussion on Python licenses, affecting both OSI's and SPDXs realms, and request OSIs 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 ownerships of the project (CWI, CNRI, BeOpen, PSF).
<a href="https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML/issues/2197" originalsrc="https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML/issues/2197" data-outlook-id="c8d254e9-cda2-4b06-8db7-bce26d43e3bc">
spdx/license-list-XML#2197</a> and an <a href="https://lists.spdx.org/g/Spdx-legal/topic/107252308" originalsrc="https://lists.spdx.org/g/Spdx-legal/topic/107252308" data-outlook-id="fe102278-b8de-497c-ada5-f66db752c1b7">
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 <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/Python-2.0.1.html" originalsrc="https://spdx.org/licenses/Python-2.0.1.html" data-outlook-id="8715974d-cf48-4f8a-804a-70c055157f8c">
Python-2.0.1</a>. IIRC, the main difference between <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/Python-2.0.html" originalsrc="https://spdx.org/licenses/Python-2.0.html" data-outlook-id="91fa97a6-11f5-41c0-87e0-e557e08fc45c">
Python-2.0</a> and Python-2.0.1 is in the CNRI part, making it GPL compatible (the Virginia clause). SPDX lists this updated sub-part as
<a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/CNRI-Python-GPL-Compatible.html" originalsrc="https://spdx.org/licenses/CNRI-Python-GPL-Compatible.html" data-outlook-id="3567c9f9-2b49-47b0-81ea-244c5030e6b1">
CNRI-Python-GPL-Compatible</a>, a successor of <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/CNRI-Python.html" originalsrc="https://spdx.org/licenses/CNRI-Python.html" data-outlook-id="4e10b719-943a-4ba5-9168-f442c0eccf57">
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 described
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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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