On Wednesday, 12 April 2017 02:23:53 UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 6:35 AM, Abhishek Kumar > wrote: > > I tried finding the answer but even the lawyers in my town have no idea > > about it and searching the web leaved me puzzled. > > I am planning to make a software in python which will include libraries > > licensed under BSD- 3 clause. Can I sell this software under proprietary > > license and legally inhibit redistribution by users under my own license. > > Also if you know anyone who holds knowledge in this field then please do > > let me know.. > > Your response will be really helpful. > > Firstly, if you're simply writing a Python program, the license terms > of the Python interpreter don't matter. Your code is completely > independent, and you can closed-source it while still running it under > Python itself. Similarly, if all you're doing with those BSD-licensed > libraries is importing them, there's no problem there. > > Things become a bit more complicated if you're *distributing* the > overall package - if you're creating a single installer that installs > Python, these third-party libraries, and your proprietary software. If > that bothers you, the easiest way is to simply provide installation > instructions that say "install Python from python.org yada yada", or > check with a lawyer about exactly how you're packaging everything up. > > But mainly, you don't have to worry too much about the license terms > of the language interpreter, because you can run your code on a > different interpreter perfectly easily. > > ChrisA
thanks for your response I am planning to distribute as a stand alone package (fro windows .exe). Should I worry about the license in this case?! Like I mentioned lawyers in my town have little or no idea about open source .. regards, Abhishek -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
