a1fr...@a-1url.com On Fri, Feb 2, 2024, 6:21 p.m. Christophe Pettus <x...@thebuild.com> wrote:
> > > > On Feb 1, 2024, at 07:02, Lightning Bit < > thelegendofearthretu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Can one copyright an entire Django Project if it contains licensed code > from APIs? Or, does the copyrightable code only apply to exclusive > algorithms developed on the backend? > > A disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, and this is not legal advice. > > You cannot claim copyright on code that belongs to someone else. The > Django code itself, and any Python libraries that you use, belong to > someone else. > > You can claim copyright on code that you (or your organization) produced > yourselves. > > The Django license is here: > > https://github.com/django/django/blob/main/LICENSE > > It allows you to *redistribute* Django's code assuming some conditions are > met. That is not the same as claiming copyright on it. For other software > tools that you might use, you will need to consult their licenses to > determine if you are permitted to redistribute them. > > If you are planning a commercial product based around Django, especially > one that includes other PyPI libraries, it's a good (almost mandatory) idea > to have a lawyer review the licenses of the various components. You'll > want a lawyer who is familiar with open source intellectual property issues. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/056040B8-C0B9-4C23-A0CE-DEF8795ADE86%40thebuild.com > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAAJ%2B9rG4__C5fGZR5X9Epen-xy3RK69sMXw7ZgpNiCKEfEtyrg%40mail.gmail.com.
