[License-review] Python licenses: Python-2.0.1, PSF-2.0, CNRI-Python-GPL-Compatible

[Pamela Chestek]

I hate to be a pill about it, but we need a way to manage the requests. 
Can you send a separate email for each license you would like 
considered? There is also a page describing the information the OSI 
likes to have for each submission, although in this case I expect they 
can be lax. https://opensource.org/licenses/review-process But a 
separate email for each license will be helpful, particularly since it 
looks like some of the licenses you wanted considered have already been 
reviewed.

Pam

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On 8/21/2026 10:35 PM, Nico Rikken via License-review wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
> Good to see a familiar faces here.
>
> I didn't look back far enough to notice the submissions by Max. Great
> that Max beat me to it and it already got started. And with support of
> Python!
>
> Important that PSF-2.0 will also be included in the review as it is
> used stand-alone and is also part of Python-2.0.1.
>
> I see how the nesting of licenses and the subtle differences can be
> confusing. I did some diffing myself to verify the statement I made in
> my initial email. I think the diff link by Max is well-made:
> https://gist.github.com/mxmehl/d3e8694e30fc94cc6517529b5441ebc5/revisions?diff=split&w
>
> To me the subtle differences with previously approved licenses only
> come down to choice of law, which only improved to be more generic. For
> FSF it was the reason to consider these licenses not only free, but
> also GPL-compatible. So it should be obvious they comply with Open
> Source definition. I do of course recognize that it needs a formal
> review.
>
> Anything Max and I can do to move this forward?
>
> Kind regards,
> Nico Rikken
>
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