On 04/12/2018 19:31, Avi Gross wrote: > But some packages are simply python code that you can > simply insert into your own python files.
If they are fully public domain that's probably true. If they are copyright (even if open/free) you would be potentially liable for prosecution since you are copying someone else's work. Even if it is open source then at the very least you should include a comment to the effect that the code is based on, say, M Palin's file parrot.py or whatever. > And, yes, this means you do not get updates if the module changes. And this is a big drawback for any non trivial code unless you are a significantly better programmer than whoever wrote it in the first place. (Since understanding somebody else's code is much harder than understanding your own!) -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
