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Following a <a href="https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/2026-March/022526.html" data-outlook-id="f56ac280-833e-4490-a519-14120104b2c7">
discussion on license-discuss@</a> and a quick coordination with Deb from the Python Software Foundation (in Cc), I would like to propose that Python-2.0.1 be considered an officially approved (legacy) Open Source license. In the same step, I propose to mark
Python-2.0 as either Superseded or <span style="font-family: Aptos; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
Voluntarily Retired.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In parallel, I propose the same for CNRI-Python-GPL-Compatible, for which I opened a separate thread.</span></div>
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I will not repeat all the backstory but refer to the aforementioned discussion and
<a href="https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML/issues/2197" data-outlook-id="9d27bd56-426e-4c0d-b3c4-d089b30dcffd">
spdx/license-list-XML#2197</a>. In short: Python-2.0.1 is the license that most closely represents the license under which CPython has been
<a href="https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-201/" data-outlook-id="9803771c-f3dd-4c85-af65-dd2c1ba73de8">
published since 2001</a> (in combination with 0BSD for documentation). In comparison with Python-2.0, which is already OSI approved, the most remarkable difference is an update in the CNRI portion to make it GPL compatible.</div>
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Attached, you will find the license text for Python-2.0.1 as made available by SPDX, as well as a diff file against Python-2.0 (ignoring formatting and some non-critical boilerplate texts to make things easier for you).</div>
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Best,</div>
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