Paul Rubin <http://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Martelli) writes: > > Yes, apart from libraries and similar cases (frameworks etc), it's no > > doubt rare for closed-source "end-user packages" to be sold with > > licenses that include source and allow you to "do anything with it". > > > > However, allowing customization (at least for internal use within the > > customer organization), while rare, is far from unheard of. > > There's no obstacle to doing that with GPL'd software either. Absolutely -- as long as you don't redistribute, np. But Roel was not asking about GPL, he was asking about closed-source licenses -- whether any of them "allow using the [[source]] code *at all*" -- and the answer is that, yes, quite a few do, in specifically constrained ways. Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
