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Fri Feb 5 12:37:27 EST 2016 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2016-February/143121.html

On 2/5/2016 12:27, Emile van Sebille wrote:
> On 2/1/2016 9:20 AM, Ethan Furman wrote:
>> On 02/01/2016 08:40 AM, R. David Murray wrote:
> <snip>
>>> On the other hand, if the distros go the way Nick has (I think) been
>>> advocating, and have a separate 'system python for system scripts' that
>>> is independent of the one installed for user use, having the 
>>> system-only
>>> python be frozen and sourceless would actually make sense on a 
>>> couple of
>>> levels.
>>
>> Agreed.
>
> Except for that nasty licensing issue requiring source code.
>
> Emile
Licensing requires, in the GPL at least, that the *modified* sources be 
made *available*, not that they be shipped with the product. Looking at 
the Python license, and what tools already do, there is zero need to 
ship the source to stay compliant.

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