Laura Creighton <l...@openend.se>: > In a message of Sun, 21 Jun 2015 12:32:46 -0700, "C.D. Reimer" writes: > >>Do I need to release my scripts under a license? If so, which one? > > You should, because if you don't you could pop up some day and assert > copyright and sue the hell out of people who use your code, which > means that many people won't touch it until you license it.
Converting BASIC games to Python results in derived works, which are under the original copyright of the BASIC games. From the given link: BASIC Computer Games is copyright © 1978 by David H. Ahl, and is posted on www.atariarchives.org with permission. Do not redistribute, mirror, or copy this online book. So a license from David H. Ahl is required before publishing Python translations. As for licensing one's own code, you can grant a license (or several), or you could place your code in the public domain. Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
