Re: Need to understand python license

2005-07-27 Thread Roy Smith
Benji York wrote: > > See http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonSoftwareFoundationLicenseFaq > Thanks, that's exactly what I needed. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Need to understand python license

2005-07-27 Thread Benji York
Roy Smith wrote: > Specifically, can we take the Python interpreter source code, modify > it, compile it, staticly link it into our binaries, ship it to our > paying customers, and still retain the right to not show anybody our > source? See http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonSoftwareFoundationLice

Need to understand python license

2005-07-27 Thread Roy Smith
I'm looking into the possibility of getting my employer to use Python as an embedded scripting language. A big issue is licensing; we can't use anything that's GPL-like, because that would make us release our source code. Obviously, our lawyers will have the final say, but I'm looking for a rough