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| author | Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com> | 2004-10-23 03:43:54 (GMT) |
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| committer | Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com> | 2004-10-23 03:43:54 (GMT) |
| commit | acaffe65a3cede835f55f156792180e06e7398c3 (patch) | |
| tree | befe48da21279ec221555cc291c9f77bdb93bb3b /Misc | |
| parent | 93ae4c100e85acc8d299abdc267f2b8df61f4813 (diff) | |
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Move to version 2 of the PSF license, approved by the Board earlier today.
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@@ -9,6 +9,26 @@ What's New in Python 2.4 beta 2? *Release date: XX-XXX-XXXX* +License +------- + +The Python Software Foundation changed the license under which Python +is released, to remove Python version numbers. There were no other +changes to the license. So, for example, wherever the license for +Python 2.3 said "Python 2.3", the new license says "Python". The +intent is to make it possible to refer to the PSF license in a more +durable way. For example, some people say they're confused by that +the Open Source Initiative's entry for the Python Software Foundation +License:: + + http://www.opensource.org/licenses/PythonSoftFoundation.php + +says "Python 2.1.1" all over it, wondering whether it applies only +to Python 2.1.1. + +The official name of the new license is the Python Software Foundation +License Version 2. + Core and builtins ----------------- @@ -83,7 +103,7 @@ What's New in Python 2.4 beta 1? Core and builtins ----------------- -- Patch #975056: Restartable signals were not correctly disabled on +- Patch #975056: Restartable signals were not correctly disabled on BSD systems. Consistently use PyOS_setsig() instead of signal(). - The internal portable implementation of thread-local storage (TLS), used @@ -119,7 +139,7 @@ Library ------- - Patch 1046644: distutils build_ext grew two new options - --swig for - specifying the swig executable to use, and --swig-opts to specify + specifying the swig executable to use, and --swig-opts to specify options to pass to swig. --swig-opts="-c++" is the new way to spell --swig-cpp. |