Tentative license. Could still change for the 2.0b1 release and will

definitely change for the 2.0 final release.

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-# Placeholder for license information.
+HISTORY OF THE SOFTWARE
+=======================
+
+Python was created in the early 1990s by Guido van Rossum at Stichting
+Mathematisch Centrum (CWI) in the Netherlands as a successor of a
+language called ABC.  Guido is Python's principal author, although it
+includes many contributions by others.  The last version released from
+CWI was Python 1.2.  In 1995, Guido continued his work on Python at
+the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI) in Reston,
+Virginia where he released several versions of the software.  Python
+1.6 was the last of the versions released by CNRI.  In 2000, Guido and
+the Python core developement team moved to BeOpen.com to form tbe
+BeOpen PythonLabs group.  Python 2.0 is a derivative work of Python
+1.6, developed by PythonLabs and many outside volunteers, under
+Guido's direction.
+
+
+TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR ACCESSING OR OTHERWISE USING PYTHON 2.0
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+
+BEOPEN LICENSE AGREEMENT
+------------------------
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+----------------------------------------
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+Copyright (c) 1991 - 1995, Stichting Mathematisch Centrum Amsterdam,
+The Netherlands.  All rights reserved.
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+Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
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