Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder2.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.018 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.97; '*S*': 0.00; 'cpython': 0.05; 'that?': 0.05; 'gpl': 0.07; 'subject:code': 0.07; 'portions': 0.09; 'psf.': 0.09; 'subject:using': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'windows': 0.15; 'benjamin': 0.16; 'license.': 0.16; 'permissive': 0.16; 'statement.': 0.16; 'url:license': 0.16; 'funding': 0.16; 'sat,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'library': 0.18; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'faq': 0.24; 'specifies': 0.24; 'versions': 0.24; 'looks': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'chris': 0.29; 'leave': 0.29; "i'm": 0.30; 'work.': 0.31; 'noted': 0.31; 'supposed': 0.32; 'url:python': 0.33; 'could': 0.34; 'problem': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'add': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'version': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'integration': 0.37; 'message- id:@gmail.com': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'how': 0.40; 'url:3': 0.61; 'developed': 0.63; 'kind': 0.63; 'license': 0.66; 'contact': 0.67; 'wish': 0.70; 'secret': 0.74; '1.6': 0.84; '9.1': 0.84; 'freebsd': 0.84; 'lawyer,': 0.84; 'forgotten': 0.91; 'cooperation': 0.96; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=u88RF0IZGQHteo6Eh5dkGtppDOkokXWS5q7c9x8BZN0=; b=MFqt7+8eWcuZgRmmOzxZlI6j9KOdZimI3vuT5ohkefmbzZaucx78OKCdS2kXOZ9g9A F5rjRaFKOQKXyzsKs91JC7eIfNd8qubdxeKRQluy79v7IgHsj+j5jHk1b1kcbr44fVX1 idkpY8FcKXZZv19eSgROH4ntsnCSpjYGf9ItjKN64rJobR22Vq3LLr/JHTI9J/NFejgD ZPIy3CRz5OUNP2nVV4pfvhg/YmxrQSwSbVNooS4MUJ1kWZNXGpooL9ZinbPn1xWqDeUa UrRJk5Ua5gyL/Z/2asDOvcvw60OTuIqqtFOuQPlSu3/Jh2yRFD0331BGCwEnwXCqT4W2 KAOA== X-Received: by 10.182.113.166 with SMTP id iz6mr3392296obb.24.1370731031118; Sat, 08 Jun 2013 15:37:11 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2013 17:36:08 -0500 From: Andrew Berg User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; WOW64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130107 Thunderbird/17.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "comp.lang.python" Subject: Re: Re-using copyrighted code References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 27 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1370731040 news.xs4all.nl 15931 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:47439 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:47417 On 2013.06.08 17:09, Benjamin Kaplan wrote: > On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Malte Forkel wrote: >> # This version of the SRE library can be redistributed under CNRI's >> # Python 1.6 license. For any other use, please contact Secret Labs >> # AB (info@pythonware.com). >> # >> # Portions of this engine have been developed in cooperation with >> # CNRI. Hewlett-Packard provided funding for 1.6 integration and >> # other compatibility work. >> # >> >> Now, how am I supposed to deal with that? Ask Secret Labs for some kind >> of permission? Leave it as it is and add my own copyright line? >> >> Malte >> > > You can find the license terms for all versions of Python at > http://docs.python.org/3/license.html > I'm not a lawyer, but it looks like you just need to include the > copyright statement. I misread that bit, having forgotten that Python was not always under the PSF. To the OP: this is a pretty permissive license, but, as noted in the FAQ that Chris linked, there could be a problem if you wish to license your work under the GPL since the CNRI license specifies a jurisdiction. -- CPython 3.3.2 | Windows NT 6.2.9200 / FreeBSD 9.1