[Tutor] licensing python work?

[Chris Fuller]

I'd recommend the Apache license, for BSD/X11/MIT type permissive licensing, 
because it's compatible with contributions to Python (maybe not this code, but 
you might want to contribute something else in the future).

http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonSoftwareFoundationLicenseFaq#Contributing_Code_to_Python
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/apache2.0.php

Cheers


On Wednesday 23 February 2011, Alex Hall wrote:
> Hi all,
> This is not strictly on topic and probably has a very obvious answer,
> but I want to make sure I do it right. How do I license something I
> write? I have that Bookshare wrapper done, at least as far as I can
> tell, and I want to give it to Bookshare so they can provide it to
> whomever wants it. Basically, anyone can copy or modify it in any way,
> in part or in whole, whether they make money off it or not.
> Realistically it seems pointless to make a big deal out of someone
> making money off of this wrapper since it is only a few hundred lines.
> What license do you recommend, and do I just point people to the
> license in a comment in the code, or is there something else I have to
> do? Thanks.