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5 PyPI doesn't have a LICENSE - ID: 2891300
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The PyPI source doesn't indicate which license it's released under. I'm
assuming the intent is probably to release it under the normal PSF license,
but there's no clear LICENSE file or some other indication. In the United
States, at least, IP without a clear license defaults to "all rights
reserved", which means that PyPI *right now* is not open source, and
technically no open source developers should even be looking at the code.

I know this seems like a pedantic issue, but I promise it's not. I'd really
like to put my money where my mouth is and contribute to PyPI, but until
there's a clear license I really can't.


jacobian ( ) - 2009-11-03 14:52

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Date: 2009-11-05 21:35
Sender: loewisSourceForge.net DonorProject Admin

We have now decided to use the BSD license; see LICENSE.txt.


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