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

[John McNamara]

On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Jan Dittberner <jan at dittberner.info> wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 04, 2009 at 10:54:25PM +0000, John McNamara wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 10:50 PM, Jan Dittberner <jan at dittberner.info>
> wrote:
> >
> >     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.
> >
> > 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.
>
> Hi John,
>
> thanks for this permission.
>
> Is this permission granted only to us (Debian) and pyExelerator/xwlt or to
> everyone?
>
> Such a permission will be required to meet the criteria of the DFSG (Debian
> Free Software Guidelines) [1].
>
> [1] http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines
>
>

Hi Jan,

Permission is granted to anyone participating in an open source initiative
and that certainly includes Debian and the others CC on this mail.

John.
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