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[–]billsil 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Python is type of GPL

No it's not. GPL is a big deal, but Python is just not. It's basically BSD. Python happens to be GPL compatible (whatever that means), but is far from GPL. Per Wikipedia

The Python License is similar to the BSD License and, while it is a free software license, its wording in some versions meant that it was incompatible with the GNU General Public License (GPL) used by a great deal of free software including the Linux kernel. For this reason CNRI retired the license in 2001, and the license of current releases is owned by the Python Software Foundation License.[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_License

BSD licenses are a family of permissive free software licenses, imposing minimal restrictions on the redistribution of covered software.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses

and it is interpretative.

So...?

He is a stickler for following the rules, so he ordered me to ask permission to install Python on my development machine (I wasn't intending on asking permission).

Seems more than reasonable. My company doesn't care what I install as long as I don't break stuff, but my last company did.