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Hi At Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences (www.haaga-helia.fi), we are developing a new Python course that starts soon. We have a question regading the PDF versions of the Python documentation files. The PDF versions of the language reference etc. are available in a ZIP file on https://docs.python.org/3/download.html Therefore, the PDF files cannot be linked directly to our course pages. We are not sure about the copyright licence regarding those PDF files. That is, would we be allowed to extract the languge reference, library reference and tutorial from the ZIP file and add them to our course's home page. Or, are those files available for direct linking somewhere else? Kind regards, Kari Silpiö Senior lecturer Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences Finland

Hi Kari,
You're right, there's sadly no direct link to PDF files, I just double checked just in case they were hidden somewhere in the tree: they're not.
We are not sure about the copyright licence regarding those PDF files.
The PDF files are licensed under the Python Software Foundation License Version 2, but examples, recipes, and other code in the PDFs are additionally licensed under the Zero Clause BSD License. Here's a link to the PSF Licence: https://docs.python.org/3/license.html#psf-license-agreement-for-python-rele... IANAL but it says something like: you are granted a nonexclusive, royalty-free, world-wide license to reproduce, analyze, test, perform and/or display publicly, prepare derivative works, distribute, and otherwise use the Python documentation as long as you keep the copyright notice.
That is, would we be allowed to extract the languge reference, library reference and tutorial from the ZIP file and add them to our course's home page. Or, are those files available for direct linking somewhere else?
IANAL but as far as I understand it, yes, it would be allowed as long as you keep the copyright notice i.e., "Copyright © 2001-2022 Python Software Foundation; All Rights Reserved". Hope I helped, feel free to ping your laywer or legal at python.org, if you have further legal questions. Bests, -- Julien Palard https://mdk.fr

Hi Kari,
You're right, there's sadly no direct link to PDF files, I just double checked just in case they were hidden somewhere in the tree: they're not.
We are not sure about the copyright licence regarding those PDF files.
The PDF files are licensed under the Python Software Foundation License Version 2, but examples, recipes, and other code in the PDFs are additionally licensed under the Zero Clause BSD License. Here's a link to the PSF Licence: https://docs.python.org/3/license.html#psf-license-agreement-for-python-rele... IANAL but it says something like: you are granted a nonexclusive, royalty-free, world-wide license to reproduce, analyze, test, perform and/or display publicly, prepare derivative works, distribute, and otherwise use the Python documentation as long as you keep the copyright notice.
That is, would we be allowed to extract the languge reference, library reference and tutorial from the ZIP file and add them to our course's home page. Or, are those files available for direct linking somewhere else?
IANAL but as far as I understand it, yes, it would be allowed as long as you keep the copyright notice i.e., "Copyright © 2001-2022 Python Software Foundation; All Rights Reserved". Hope I helped, feel free to ping your laywer or legal at python.org, if you have further legal questions. Bests, -- Julien Palard https://mdk.fr
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Julien Palard
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Silpiö Kari