In addition, there are other licenses that are applicable because of other packages leveraged by paraview or developed by collaborators. Its fair to say that most of them discuss the gnu gpl but they dont always paint a. Maxima gpl cas based on doemacsyma maxima is a computer algebra system comparable to commercial systems like mathematica and maple. If you are looking for something for a presentation, look at wikicourse helpforusers is help for users who are new to a moinmoin wiki helponadministration how to configure and maintain a moinmoin wiki. The secureheaers webui provide an easyly way to see and search all data gathering with scanner module. Mutagen is licensed under the gpl version 2 or later. Python is distributed under an osiapproved open source license that makes it free to use, even for commercial products.
If you have licensed software youve written under gpl version 2, and you are the original licensor of that software, you may wish to relicense your software under gpl version 3. Busybox is licensed under the gnu general public license. Added license header to python startup batch file parent e485d3b9. Git is released under the gnu general public license version 2. Add a copying file with a copy of the gnu gpl or gnu agpl. The gplcompatible licenses make it possible to combine python with other software. Sign in sign up instantly share code, notes, and snippets. Gnu general public license this license, commonly known as the gpl, has two versions that are actively and widely used in many open source communities. The gnu general public license is a free, copyleft license for software and other kinds of works.
Check out my explanation of how i used python to find interesting people to follow. Some devices are designed to deny users access to install or run modified. The gplcompatible licenses make it possible to combine python with other software that is released under the gpl. Contribute to licenseslice development by creating an account on github. Scriptcaller a header only library allowing us to call ruby scripts. The library refers to a covered work governed by this license, other than an application or a. All python licenses, unlike the gpl, let you distribute a modified version without making your changes open source. There is no standard license header for the license. The sourceforge project is the repository for the gpl source and binary packages. The following are code examples for showing how to use urllib. Using a gplv3 python module, will my entire project have to be gplv3 licensed. In the us, if no license is specified, users have no legal right to download, modify. This is the same license the linux kernel is under, so you may be somewhat familiar with it by now.
This is a brief explanation of how to place a program under the gnu general public license, gnu lesser general public license, or gnu affero general public license. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with regard to derivative works based on python 1. Its all metadata for the foobar module the first one is the docstring of the module, that is already explained in peters answer how do i organize my modules source files. You will find here the help pages for the wiki system itself. How open source licenses work and how to add them to your projects. Licensing information user manual gplv2 or any later version may be used, or where a choice of which version of the gpl is applied is otherwise unspecified. The terms of usage and rules about copying are clearly listed in the gnu general public license.
Suppose i have a python library which is distributed under the gpl license. Generate a python source file with a bsd3 license commented in the header. Choosing a license is complicated, so here are some pointers. On the developers website, you will find more information on learning python, such as tutorials and python. There are plenty of open source licenses available to choose from. Rem the free software foundation, either version 3 of the license, or. Manage license headers for your source code files in visual studio. The same source code archive can also be used to build the windows and mac. New files will automatically include the license headers defined in the current project.
For the avoidance of doubt, this particular copy of the software is released under version 2 of the gnu general public. Define license headers per visual studio project and per file extension. Do you have to include a license notice with every source file. It applies to a given file the runtime library that. Does the original author need to be named as one of the holders, or that ours is a derivative work. What are the implications of different open source licenses.
Paraview uses a permissive bsd license that enables the broadest possible audience, including commercial organizations, to use the software, royalty free, for most purposes. Pyqt is the python bindings for digias qt crossplatform application development framework. In the us, if no license is specified, users have no legal right to download, modify, or distribute. All python licenses, unlike the gpl, let you distribute a modified version without making.
Using a gplv3 python module, will my entire project have. Find file copy path jcarbaugh initial commit 64506fc apr 6, 20. All packages produced by the asf are implicitly licensed under the apache license, version 2. A complete copy of the license text is included in the file license in the busybox source code. For most unix systems, you must download and compile the. Open source licenses are licenses that comply with the open source definition in brief, they allow software to be freely used, modified, and shared. If you are considering using the gnu lesser general public license, please read the article. Some licenses such as the ones from gpl family also have a header text. Zed shaw recently wrote a clear and concise defense for why he used the gpl on lamson. Is it a gpl license violation to bundle a gpld python script with a closedsource application. The git project chose to use gplv2 to guarantee your freedom to share and change free softwareto make sure the software is free for all its users. Licensed works, modifications, and larger works may be distributed under different terms and without source code.
The licenses page details gplcompatibility and terms and conditions. I would like to use that library in my program, that i may eventually want to distribute under nongpl terms. The most popular open source licenses have an important aspect in common. We, the free software foundation, use the gnu general public license for most of.
Choosing a license the hitchhikers guide to python. For most unix systems, you must download and compile the source code. Contribute to licenseslicense templates development by creating an account on github. And of the 200 files in the toplevel python standard library, only 34 contain. Please note that there are parts of qt that are only provided under gpl for open source users that will require you to license your application under a gpl compatible license. I have a question about what it takes to trigger gpl restrictions in python code which conditionally uses a gpl library. This makes it possible to run the file as a script invoking the interpreter implicitly, e. Unix, linux, mac os x your application must be released under a license that is compatible with the gpl. This gcc runtime library exception exception is an additional permission under section 7 of the gnu general public license, version 3 gplv3. This license does not grant permission to use the trade names, trademarks, service marks, or product names of the licensor, except as required for reasonable and customary use in describing the origin of the work and reproducing the content of the notice file. How to use gnu licenses for your own software gnu project free. Many resources are out there explaining the gnu gpl. You should have received a copy of the gnu general public license along. The spdx license list is a list of commonly found licenses and exceptions used in free and open source and other collaborative software or documentation.
Earlier versions of pyqt version 3, for example were available under a wider range of licenses described below which were closely modelled on the licenses used for qt itself. That achieves compatibility with both gplv3 and gplv2 code and thus maximal compatibility with. Can i use dual license for a python package which uses library with gpl license. Rem it under the terms of the gnu general public license as published by. Using it, your legal boilerplate in every source file header reduces to just two lines. Pyqt is available under the gpl and commercial licenses. There is no standard license header for the license cnri open source gplcompatible license agreement important. I would personally recommend that you license your code under gpl version 2 with the or at your option any later version language. Busybox is licensed under the gnu general public license version 2, which is often abbreviated as gplv2. Furthermore, people cant contribute to your code unless you tell them what rules to play by. When someone combines a file or files licensed under the mozilla public license, version 2. For further information, see our list of frequently asked questions about our licenses. This is a release of mysql connector python, the dual license python api for mysql.
As used herein, this license refers to version 3 of the gnu lesser general public license, and the gnu gpl refers to version 3 of the gnu general public license. If you would like a quick overview of moinmoins syntax, have a look at helponmoinwikisyntax. Cnri python open source gpl compatible license agreement. The licenses for most software and other practical works are designed to take away your freedom to share and change the works.
For the gnu free documentation license, we have a separate page. Ive seen a few mentions on twitter that alarmed me because people seemed to think now is the time to release all software as gpl. This is the primary open source qt license, which covers the majority of qt modules. You can vote up the examples you like or vote down the ones you dont like. The following licenses are in use for r or associated software such as packages. Spdx license list software package data exchange spdx. By contrast, the gnu general public license is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change all versions of a.
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