Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.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: UNSURE 0.233 X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.56; '*S*': 0.03; 'subject:code': 0.07; 'subject:using': 0.09; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'janssen': 0.16; 'license.': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'seems': 0.21; '>>>': 0.22; 'otherwise,': 0.22; 'this?': 0.23; 'mon,': 0.24; 'least': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'am,': 0.29; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'purely': 0.31; 'quite': 0.32; 'problem.': 0.35; 'something': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'really': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'list,': 0.38; 'quote': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'how': 0.40; "you're": 0.61; 'exchange': 0.63; 'soon': 0.63; 'license': 0.66; 'here': 0.66; 'caused': 0.69; 'legal': 0.71; 'commercial': 0.71; 'money': 0.72; 'yourself': 0.78; 'potentially': 0.81; 'assets.': 0.84; 'perspective.': 0.84; 'relate': 0.84; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=UqqnHBqSDqcxxW+X/MDz3WAjEeAJ0VCR6ZvYa+dGzFY=; b=pJ7n2rt5mq4gkYE73hT/n6rNIxkfr7811+hpEygTMv6AXwovFVBtnuEqaBPjFgUNo3 qzNUoGgUxtT63VIlje9VhXBi20Ff6xL0tvYuUuwc8igILwxq5DOBsxxXpT/SBPeNp7fi SgP7/Xfe+I56SCSphmCtyeQErH662L68jIBlsnrwITt/xhJw/zvO8A6pzQk6wlgsH8qQ fNyzTe4A09GNgRMkZC37CpDmvkZIMlBgbYB+xEGtU35umL/lsps7ZewCdZikkova4bET jRdu2ECXz1PbtoaX2PD/zQUe8nLkhQtUs7bWYyDwfqh/WVfiU1Wo0M3Ay/i2VlxO3pQY 4biA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.58.251.144 with SMTP id zk16mr2691396vec.37.1371069530304; Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:38:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <51B450C1.5030506@berlin.de> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 06:38:50 +1000 Subject: Re: Re-using copyrighted code From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:54:52 +0200 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: 18 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1371124494 news.xs4all.nl 15926 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:35954 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:47942 On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 3:22 AM, Mark Janssen wrote: >>> At least partially, my confusion seems to be caused by the dichotomy of >>> the concepts of copyright and license. How do these relate to each other? >> >> A license emerges out of the commercial domain is purely about >> commercial protections. > > I should clarify, that "commercial protections" here means *money*, > not other potentially legal assets. As soon as money is exchange you > entangle yourself with their domain. Otherwise, as long as you give > credit, you're really quite safe, from a Constitutional perspective. Can you quote something regarding this? Also, preferably, can you quote something international? Because this is an international list, and an international problem. There is nothing America-specific about it. ChrisA