Magnus Lycka wrote: > Ben Finney wrote: > >>Leif K-Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> >>>>>Ben Finney wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>So long as you're not distributing some or all of Python itself, >>>>>>or a derivative work, the license for Python has no legal effect >>>>>>on what license you choose for your own work. >> >>>I was replying to Ben Finney's claim that in a hypothetical world >>>where Python was licensed under the GPL, there would still be no >>>restriction on distributing Python programs under a closed-source >>>license. >> >>My claim (and IANAL) is that it doesn't matter *what* license Python >>is distributed under; unless you do something with Python that is a >>right of the copyright holder, such as distributing part or all of >>Python, the copyright license terms of Python have no legal effect on >>what license you choose for your own work. > > > As I read the GPL, you should be ok if you don't copy, distribute or > modify Python (if Python was GPL).
Since Python *isn't* GPL, can we please move this discussion to universe.hypothetical.discuss? regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://holdenweb.blogspot.com Recent Ramblings http://del.icio.us/steve.holden -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
