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-Requests is an ISC Licensed HTTP library, written in Python, for human
+Requests is an Apache2 Licensed HTTP library, written in Python, for human
beings.
Most existing Python modules for sending HTTP requests are extremely
Release v\ |version|. (:ref:`Installation <install>`)
-Requests is an :ref:`ISC Licensed <isc>` HTTP library, written in Python, for human beings.
+Requests is an :ref:`Apache2 Licensed <apache2>` HTTP library, written in Python, for human beings.
Python's standard **urllib2** module provides most of
the HTTP capabilities you need, but the API is thoroughly **broken**.
All contributions to Requests should keep these important rules in mind.
-.. _`isc`:
+.. _`apache2`:
-ISC License
+Apache2 License
-----------
A large number of open source projects you find today are `GPL Licensed`_.
that allow your open-source software to be used freely in proprietary,
closed-source software.
-Requests is released under terms of `The ISC License`_.
+Requests is released under terms of `Apache2 License`_.
.. _`GPL Licensed`: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php
-.. _`The ISC License`: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/isc-license
+.. _`Apache2 License`: http://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0
Requests License
is at <http://python-requests.org>.
:copyright: (c) 2012 by Kenneth Reitz.
-:license: ISC, see LICENSE for more details.
+:license: Apache 2.0, see LICENSE for more details.
"""
__version__ = '0.14.2'
__build__ = 0x001402
__author__ = 'Kenneth Reitz'
-__license__ = 'ISC'
+__license__ = 'Apache 2.0'
__copyright__ = 'Copyright 2012 Kenneth Reitz'
This module implements the Requests API.
:copyright: (c) 2012 by Kenneth Reitz.
-:license: ISC, see LICENSE for more details.
+:license: Apache2, see LICENSE for more details.
"""
'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
'Intended Audience :: Developers',
'Natural Language :: English',
- 'License :: OSI Approved :: ISC License (ISCL)',
+ 'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
'Programming Language :: Python',
'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6',
'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',