The trends in choosing licenses in Python Ecosystem
PyCon India, 2016
CC-BY-SA 3.0
This talk is not to be considered as legal advice
IANAL
I am not a lawyer
- License is something that protects your code.
- I do not care about license, its bores me.
- You have to fill up the name of a license to make package in Fedora, unless they wont accept the package.
My project
PyPI JSON API
Present Status
Submitting patches to individual projects
Software License
Reciprocal Licenses
Taking the left turn
Copyleft
GNU General Public License
It is not muft,
it is mukt
Permissive
vs
Copyleft
Choose a proper license based on usecase
setup.py
Mention License in README file
Patent Concern
Do not invent your own license
Keep your funny bones aside
http://choosealicense.com/
Choose a popular license
Thank You
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