Updated history. Incorporated 1.6.1 license.

gvanrossum · gvanrossum · commit 3225c1fa2a41 · 2001-03-22T15:41:06.000Z
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-HISTORY OF THE SOFTWARE
-=======================
+A. HISTORY OF THE SOFTWARE
+==========================
 
 Python was created in the early 1990s by Guido van Rossum at Stichting
 Mathematisch Centrum (CWI) in the Netherlands as a successor of a
@@ -10,27 +10,38 @@ at the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI) in Reston,
 Virginia where he released several versions of the software.  Python
 1.6 was the last of the versions released by CNRI.  In 2000, Guido and
 the Python core development team moved to BeOpen.com to form the
-BeOpen PythonLabs team (www.pythonlabs.com).  Python 2.0 is the first
-release from PythonLabs.  Thanks to the many outside volunteers who
-have worked under Guido's direction to make this release possible.
+BeOpen PythonLabs team.  Python 2.0 was the first and only release
+from BeOpen.com.
+
+Following the release of Python 1.6, and after Guido van Rossum left
+CNRI to work with commercial software developers, it became clear that
+the ability to use Python with software available under the GNU Public
+License (GPL) was very desirable.  CNRI and the Free Software
+Foundation (FSF)interacted to develop enabling wording changes to the
+Python license.  Python 1.6.1 is essentially the same as Python 1.6,
+with a few minor bug fixes, and with a GPL compatible open source
+license.  Python 2.1 is a derivative work of Python 1.6.1, as well as
+of Python 2.0.
 
 After Python 2.0 was released by BeOpen.com, Guido van Rossum and the
-other PythonLabs developers joined Digital Creations.  The intention
-is for all intellectual property added from this point on to be owned
-by the Python Software Foundation (PSF), a non-profit that will be
-created modeled after the Apache Software Foundation.  We will also
-attempt to get the ownership in previous versions transferred to the
-PSF, and straighten out the license to remove the GPL-incompatibility
-introduced by CNRI's Python 1.6 license.  In the interim, Guido van
-Rossum will own all new intellectual property, and no new license is
-added.
+other PythonLabs developers joined Digital Creations.  All
+intellectual property added from this point on, starting with Python
+2.1 and its alpha and beta releases, is owned by the Python Software
+Foundation (PSF), a non-profit modeled after the Apache Software
+Foundation.  See http://www.python.org/psf/ for more information about
+the PSF.
 
+Thanks to the many outside volunteers who have worked under Guido's
+direction to make these releases possible.
 
-BEOPEN.COM TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR PYTHON 2.0
-==============================================
+
+B. TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR ACCESSING OR OTHERWISE USING Python 1.6.1
+=====================================================================
+
+B.1. BEOPEN.COM TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR PYTHON 2.0
+---------------------------------------------------
 
 BEOPEN PYTHON OPEN SOURCE LICENSE AGREEMENT VERSION 1
------------------------------------------------------
 
 1. This LICENSE AGREEMENT is between BeOpen.com ("BeOpen"), having an
 office at 160 Saratoga Avenue, Santa Clara, CA 95051, and the
@@ -77,81 +88,79 @@ agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this License
 Agreement.
 
 
-CNRI OPEN SOURCE LICENSE AGREEMENT
-----------------------------------
-
-Python 1.6 CNRI OPEN SOURCE LICENSE AGREEMENT
-
-IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. BY CLICKING
-ON "ACCEPT" WHERE INDICATED BELOW, OR BY COPYING, INSTALLING OR
-OTHERWISE USING PYTHON 1.6 SOFTWARE, YOU ARE DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO
-THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT.
+B.2. CNRI OPEN SOURCE GPL-COMPATIBLE LICENSE AGREEMENT
+------------------------------------------------------
 
 1. This LICENSE AGREEMENT is between the Corporation for National
 Research Initiatives, having an office at 1895 Preston White Drive,
 Reston, VA 20191 ("CNRI"), and the Individual or Organization
-("Licensee") accessing and otherwise using Python 1.6 software in
-source or binary form and its associated documentation, as released at
-the www.python.org Internet site on September 5, 2000 ("Python 1.6").
+("Licensee") accessing and otherwise using Python 1.6.1 software in
+source or binary form and its associated documentation.
 
 2. Subject to the terms and conditions of this License Agreement, CNRI
 hereby grants Licensee a nonexclusive, royalty-free, world-wide
 license to reproduce, analyze, test, perform and/or display publicly,
-prepare derivative works, distribute, and otherwise use Python 1.6
+prepare derivative works, distribute, and otherwise use Python 1.6.1
 alone or in any derivative version, provided, however, that CNRI's
 License Agreement and CNRI's notice of copyright, i.e., "Copyright (c)
-1995-2000 Corporation for National Research Initiatives; All Rights
-Reserved" are retained in Python 1.6 alone or in any derivative
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-may substitute the following text (omitting the quotes): "Python 1.6
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-identifier (known as a handle): 1895.22/1012. This Agreement may also
-be obtained from a proxy server on the Internet using the following
-URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1895.22/1012".
+1995-2001 Corporation for National Research Initiatives; All Rights
+Reserved" are retained in Python 1.6.1 alone or in any derivative
+version prepared by Licensee.  Alternately, in lieu of CNRI's License
+Agreement, Licensee may substitute the following text (omitting the
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+using the following URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1895.22/1013".
 
 3. In the event Licensee prepares a derivative work that is based on
-or incorporates Python 1.6 or any part thereof, and wants to make the
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-hereby agrees to include in any such work a brief summary of the
-changes made to Python 1.6.
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-4. CNRI is making Python 1.6 available to Licensee on an "AS IS"
-basis. CNRI MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED. BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, BUT NOT LIMITATION, CNRI MAKES NO AND
+or incorporates Python 1.6.1 or any part thereof, and wants to make
+the derivative work available to others as provided herein, then
+Licensee hereby agrees to include in any such work a brief summary of
+the changes made to Python 1.6.1.
+
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+IMPLIED.  BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, BUT NOT LIMITATION, CNRI MAKES NO AND
 DISCLAIMS ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS
-FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THAT THE USE OF PYTHON 1.6 WILL NOT
+FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THAT THE USE OF PYTHON 1.6.1 WILL NOT
 INFRINGE ANY THIRD PARTY RIGHTS.
 
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-1.6 FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR LOSS AS A
-RESULT OF MODIFYING, DISTRIBUTING, OR OTHERWISE USING PYTHON 1.6, OR
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+1.6.1 FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR LOSS AS
+A RESULT OF MODIFYING, DISTRIBUTING, OR OTHERWISE USING PYTHON 1.6.1,
+OR ANY DERIVATIVE THEREOF, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF.
 
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+intellectual property law of the United States, including without
+limitation the federal copyright law, and, to the extent such
+U.S. federal law does not apply, by the law of the Commonwealth of
+Virginia, excluding Virginia's conflict of law provisions.
+Notwithstanding the foregoing, with regard to derivative works based
+on Python 1.6.1 that incorporate non-separable material that was
+previously distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL), the
+law of the Commonwealth of Virginia shall govern this License
+Agreement only as to issues arising under or with respect to
+Paragraphs 4, 5, and 7 of this License Agreement.  Nothing in this
+License Agreement shall be deemed to create any relationship of
+agency, partnership, or joint venture between CNRI and Licensee.  This
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+trade name in a trademark sense to endorse or promote products or
+services of Licensee, or any third party.
 
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+installing or otherwise using Python 1.6.1, Licensee agrees to be
+bound by the terms and conditions of this License Agreement.
 
-ACCEPT
+        ACCEPT
 
 
-CWI PERMISSIONS STATEMENT AND DISCLAIMER
-----------------------------------------
+B.3. CWI PERMISSIONS STATEMENT AND DISCLAIMER
+---------------------------------------------
 
 Copyright (c) 1991 - 1995, Stichting Mathematisch Centrum Amsterdam,
 The Netherlands.  All rights reserved.
