DS wrote: > I'm getting ready to publish a first open-source project written in > python. I am planning to use GPL as the license. However, in my code, > there is a function that I like from Python Cookbook.... > So, my options appear to be: > 1. Don't use it. > 2. Use it with no comment -- that doesn't seem right. > 3. Use it with remarks in the code that acknowledge the source. I vote for this. If you got it of the web site, include a url. If you went for the book, I'd prefer crediting both, but at least give enough so the interested reader can get back to some version of "the original."
> 4. Provide a separate licensing page for that function > along with the GPL for my code. > What is the appropriate course of action here? I'm thinking #3 is > probably ok. How do others deal with this in an honorable way? As the author of several of those recipes, I definitely expect others to use them. I'd hate to slow them up by requiring them to ask permission, but would appreciate an acknowledgment. -Scott David Daniels [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
