Jython/Python license questions

Robert Oschler Oschler at earthlink.net
Wed Nov 6 02:13:02 EST 2002


I ended up putting pretty much all of the classes in Jython.jar into my Bean
(the org, com, and jxxload_help dirs).  Note, I have not modified the
classes in any way, just added them to my JAR archive. So here are my
questions:

1) By doing this am I violating any provisions of the Jython/Python license?

2) Am I still allowed to sell my bean, now that the main guts of Jython are
in my bean, without additional fees or royalties?  (If it matters, yes my
bean does provide extensive new functionality beyond the Jython interpreter,
which I don't expose to the user.  Also there is extensive functionality
residing in other pure Java classes in my JAR file.)

3) Since I have not modified any of the classes, am I under any obligation
to distribute or make available the Jython source or jython.jar file?

4) What are my obligations as far as displaying notices of copyright and
authorship belonging to Jython/Python?  I'll probably put the notices up
anyways, unless that violates some kind of "implied endorsement" clause of
the Jython/Python licenses, but I just want to be absolutely sure what my
obligations are.

5) Anything else I need to be aware of?

I would love to hear from those of you selling commercial packages with
Jython or Python embedded.  That would be great.

Oh yes, (J)Python rocks!

thx






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