To: python-announce-list@python.org Subject: Python 1.6.1 released to fix GPL incompatibility From: Guido van Rossum <guido@digicool.com> Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 18:35:09 -0500 The Corporation for National Research Initiatives has released Python 1.6.1. This is a "bugfix" release for Python 1.6, fixing the GPL-incompatibility of the license. The new 1.6.1 release can be found here: http://www.python.org/1.6.1/ There is great subtlety to GPL compatibility. I refer to the webpages of the Free Software Foundation for an explanation, in particular http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html. This change does not imply that Python 2.0 or later versions are now compatible with the GPL. Similar changes to their licenses need to be made there; these are still under negotiation. I'll keep you posted. --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list