Il giorno 30/nov/2011, alle ore 11:53, Hywel Richards ha scritto: > I see the questions in the FAQ about using pyinstaller for a commercial, > closed source, python application (with the answer that it is fine, as long > as you don't modify the bootloader). > > I have another question on this topic. > > Is any kind of attribution or reproduction of copyright message (like in the > BSD license) required to go alongside/inside the pyinstalled package and/or > documentation? > > And as the pyinstalled package also includes bits of python, are there any > requirements as a consequence of this? Do I need to include anything from > here: http://docs.python.org/license.html ? Is a pyinstaller-created package > a "derivative work"? > > I am interested both in what are the minimum requirements, and what is good > practice. > > I'm asking here as I'm assuming that there will be many on this list that > have already used pyinstaller for commercial software.
I decided the current PyInstaller licensing structure back in 2006, and I can tell you with confidence that my goal was not to impose any restriction on the final executable, not even the mandatory display of attribution and/or copyright messages. Thinking in retrospect, I should have made this more clear in the license exception that is carried in the bootloader files; I concede that, the way it is currently phrased, can leave some doubts. I will update the FAQ to reflect the original meaning that I wanted it to have, and I guess that will be enough to clarify this situation. I wouldn't like to touch the license right now because it's always a delicate call. -- Giovanni Bajo :: [email protected] Develer S.r.l. :: http://www.develer.com My Blog: http://giovanni.bajo.it
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