Re: Ship our own copy of subprocess.py

From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Date: Sep 20, 2005, 17:58 UTC
Message-ID: <43304DC7.50604@zytor.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0509200753570.2553@g5.osdl.org>

Linus Torvalds wrote:

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> 
> Quick issue: the subprocess.py thing seems to be the old-style BSD license 
> with the anti-advertizing clause. It's not compatible with the GPL.
> 
> Now, it's arguable that this is "mere aggregation" (git is bulding a 
> mini-distribution), but still..
>

If it's a problem, we could ask Mr. Astrand for permission:

# Copyright (c) 2003-2004 by Peter Astrand <astrand@lysator.liu.se>

	-hpa