Re:Why does OpenBSD still include Perl in its base installat...
by CalChris on Saturday May 30, 2020 @11:11AM
(#23361707)
you need something under and acceptable licence, so python is out.
Can someone explain the difference here? OpenBSD is BSD licensed [1]. Python is a BSD-style, permissive free software license which is compatible with the GNU General Public License [2][3]. Licenses are always contentious, but how does this rule Python out? (Granted, the dynamic libraries technical point makes this kind of a moot question.)
Can someone explain the difference here? OpenBSD is BSD licensed [1]. Python is a BSD-style, permissive free software license which is compatible with the GNU General Public License [2][3]. Licenses are always contentious, but how does this rule Python out? (Granted, the dynamic libraries technical point makes this kind of a moot question.)
[1] https://www.openbsd.org/policy.html
[2] https://docs.python.org/3/license.html
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_Software_Foundation_Lic...