Questions tagged [python]
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How to use LGPLv3 licensed libraries with pyinstaller?
I have a commercial closed-source software compiled with PyInstaller, and I want to use PySide6 to create a basic GUI. However, I noticed that PySide6 is licensed under the LGPLv3. After researching, ...
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Python Libraries to create a software domestic use for my company
I want to write a software that will use some python libraries such as PyQt numpy, pandas etc.. I won't sell this last product, I am planning to use this software to only help our dailywork in the ...
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How to distribute LGPL2.1 dependency shared lib with a python package?
I am working on python bindings for a C library, which uses LGPL2.1.
My Python bindings for the library link dynamically against it. For the python bindings to work when installed I need to ship them ...
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Copy-pasting a part of LGPL-licensed file into Python library
I want to copy a part of LGPLv3-licensed file into a Python library. Said file: https://github.com/openbabel/openbabel/blob/master/data/SMARTS_InteLigand.txt. I want to copy SMARTS patterns (chemical ...
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Does a QGIS python script need to be licensed under GNU GPLv2+?
Given that QGIS is licensed under GNU GPLv2+, if you create a QGIS python script that would run in the QGIS Python console, such as the example in their docs, does the python script have to be ...
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Do I meet the conditions of GPLv3 license?
GitHub says GPLv3 licence conditions are:
License and copyright notice
State changes
Disclose source
Same license
License and copyright notice: How do I write copyright notice? Is it enough to write ...
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Way to share code built on scripts with Creative Commons licence including no derivative clause?
I invested a considerable amount of time translating a set of Matlab scripts into Python and subsequently conducted extensive testing to ensure that the Python scripts returned the exact same values/...
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PySimpleGUI, until now, has been distributed under the GPLV3, but just became a subscription model. How does that work?
PySimpleGUI, a GUI framework for Python, has previously been published under the LGPLv3. They just announced that they are changing to a subscription model with PysimpleGUI 5, and that previous ...
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Python Commercial Use of Software Licensing Compliance
I have a Flask application that is being sold to a client. I remain in control of the source code, and it is a private repo. I wanted to ensure I was not violating License Agreements, and ran a tool ...
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Python packages and their license in the binary program [duplicate]
I am writing a program in Python that currently uses several different packages, mainly BSD licenses, e.g. Pandas, NumPy, etc. The finished program is distributed in the form of an .exe file. My ...
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Do I need to distribute licenses for Python modules used in code that I release but don't directly distribute (i.e. users pip install modules)?)?
I intend to publish the code for my thesis under an appropriate open-source license, such as GPL v3. The code consists of Python and compiled C code that either imports or is statically linked to ...
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GNU GPL license in libraries in python requirements [duplicate]
I have developed a python script that makes use of a package hosted in PyPI. My code basically imports this package and uses some of its functions, together with some more functionality I developed. ...
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Best way to release a Nuitka-compiled software?
My question would be: If I wrote software in Python and compiled it with Nuitka and would like to publish it under either the GPL v2 or MIT license for others, should I also attach the original .py ...
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Internal Python application and Python packages with multiple licenses
I am developing a tool for internal use in my company using Python and several Python packages.
This tool uses different kinds of Python packages, all of which have one of GNU Public License, Lesser ...
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How can an AGPL web application allow proprietary plugins?
We are developing a web application (REST API backend + frontend, both Python/Flask if that matters).
We want to distribute it as a free software and we'd prefer a GPL license over a less restrictive ...
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