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| References | <2f6ddde4-cff2-4005-bda5-b251e9822aff@googlegroups.com> |
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| Date | 2012-09-10 20:16 -0700 |
| Subject | Re: a python license problem? |
| From | Benjamin Kaplan <benjamin.kaplan@case.edu> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.475.1347333373.27098.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Jayden <jayden.shui@gmail.com> wrote: > Python is under GPL compatible. If I develop a python code, convert it to executable and distribute the executable as a commercial software. May I need to make my source code open? > > If python is under GPL, is the answer different? Thanks a lot!! > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list "GPL compatible" is not a license. It's a quality of the license. Python's license is compatible with the GPL, which means that you can use Python in software licensed under the GPL Python's license (which is available at http://docs.python.org/license.html ) does not require Python code to be open source, nor does it prohibit commercial use. And even if Python was under the GPL, you would still be able to release your own programs without opening the source. You just wouldn't be able to modify Python without releasing your changes. That's how the userland in Mac OS X is still closed-source despite being compiled with GCC.
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a python license problem? Jayden <jayden.shui@gmail.com> - 2012-09-10 19:58 -0700
Re: a python license problem? Benjamin Kaplan <benjamin.kaplan@case.edu> - 2012-09-10 20:16 -0700
Re: a python license problem? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-09-12 02:03 +1000
Re: a python license problem? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-09-11 13:46 -0400
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