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

[John Machin]

On 5/01/2009 09:54, John McNamara wrote:
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> On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 10:50 PM, Jan Dittberner <jan at dittberner.info 
> <mailto: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.


Hi John,

Can you please extend the permission to xlwt (a fork of pyExcelerator)?

Thanks in advance,
John