[Python-Dev] Generating patch files

[Ned Deily]

In article <4D810F84.5060705 at v.loewis.de>,
 "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
> Before you upgrade: give me some time to come up with a script that
> uses Mercurial API instead to compute the revset and then invoke the
> diff command.
> 
> We must get something out of using a Python-based DVCS...

Note the Mercurial project warns that use of the Mercurial API 'is a 
strong indication that you're creating a "derived work" subject to the 
GPL.'

http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/MercurialApi
http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/License

Would distributing a script that called the API in any way taint Python?

-- 
 Ned Deily,
 nad at acm.org