[Python-Dev] Licensing

[Ben Finney]

Nir Aides <nir at winpdb.org> writes:

> I take "...running off with the good stuff and selling it for profit" to
> mean "creating derivative work and commercializing it as proprietary code"
> which you can not do with GPL licensed code.

It's the “proprietary“ which is the distinguishing criterion there. The
“selling” and “commercial” is totally orthogonal to that.

That's the point: selling, and commercial activity in general, is
explicitly encouraged and permission granted by the GPL. Too many people
speak as though it were otherwise. To those who do: Please stop.

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Ben Finney