Luke Skywalker wrote:
On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 17:15:38 -0500, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
You are right about ActiveState, the copy you download from their web site is licensed to prohibit redistribution. They might be prepared to cut you a special license, but you'd have to ask them about that.
Does it mean it's not allowed to build an application with ActiveState Python, and generate an installer that installs the whole thing, forcing users to go to ActiveState's web site and download the interpreter? Gee, that changes everything...
Luke.
Steve Holden wrote:
Obviously the license agreement at http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePython/license_agreement.plex would be the authoritative statement. ActiveState do, however, license their distribution for OEM purposes, as the links to the right of the above-quoted page suggest.
However, the current Community License (v4) says: """ ...
2. You may make and give away verbatim copies of this Package for personal use, or for use within your organization, provided that you duplicate all of the original copyright notices and associated disclaimers. You may not distribute copies of this Package, or copies of packages derived from this Package, to others outside your organization without specific prior written permission from ActiveState (although you are encouraged to direct them to sources from which they may obtain it for themselves). ..."""
This makes is pretty clear that if you plan to distribute outside your own organization they expect you to get an OEM license if you want to use their distribution.
True -- however it's worth knowing that we often do zero-cost OEM licensing in a variety of settings, such as magazine/book publishers, etc. We take each request on a case-by-case basis, and we don't particularly enjoy squeezing water out of stones [*]. We don't bite, so people should feel free to email us if they have specific questions/proposals.
As an interesting aside, HP licenses ActivePerl for their HP-UX distributions as part of a more complex contract (we also maintain a repository of Perl modules for easy installation of binary packages, etc.).
-- David Ascher Managing Director & Chief Technologist ActiveState -- Dynamic Tools for Dynamic Languages
[*] That expression is fun, but reminds me of how much water really _is_ in rocks. There's an amazing display at the Smithsonian in DC showing how much equivalent liquid water is in a cubit foot (IIRC) of various kinds of rocks. Stunning.
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