[Python-modules-team] Xlwt/Pyexcelerator licensing information needs to be clarified

[John McNamara]

On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 10:50 PM, Jan Dittberner <jan at dittberner.info> wrote:

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> On Sun, Jan 04, 2009 at 11:08:00PM +0100, Jan Dittberner wrote:
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> > 2. some files (i.e. Bitmap.py) include a copyright of the author of
> >    the Perl module Spreadsheet::WriteExcel which is dual licensed
> >    under the terms of the Perl Artistic License and the GPL. It is not
> >    clear whether this file can be distributed as is. We have no
> >    obvious solution for this problem and cannot distribute the package
> >    for this reason.
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> To further refine this:
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> Bitmap.py contains a verbatim copy of a diagram and code from the Perl code
> and
> is subject to the terms of either the Artistic License, the GPL or both. I
> think only the author of Spreadsheet::WriteExcel may allow the distribution
> with your BSD licensed sources.
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Hi,

As the author of Spreadsheet::WriteExcel you have my full permission to
distribute any derived code in Pyexcelerator under the BSD or any other
appropriate opensource license.

John.
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