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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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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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Python's tqdm package license
tqdm package seems to mention 2 types of licenses.
Here's the license for tqdm's package
`tqdm` is a product of collaborative work.
Unless otherwise stated, all authors (see commit logs) retain ...
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Best way to include GPL-licensed code in an MIT-licensed library
I am currently developing a Python library under an MIT license (let's call it mylib). I have, however, come across what may be a minor hurdle. I want to include an optional GPL-licensed dependency.
I ...
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3-clause BSD or MIT license for software that imports numpy and matplotlib?
I wrote a Python script (a .py file) that I'd like to publish and license correctly. My script imports
numpy (3-clause BSD)
matplotlib.pyplot (Matplotlib license [BSD-compatible])
os and argparse (...
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Does importing a python package in my source code constitute redistribution of that package?
I wish to make a python package I have written publicly available on GitHub as source code. I am being advised that I should add a NOTICE detailing all the third-party packages that my code depends on....
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Can PyQt5 projects use the MIT license?
I maintain a PyQt5 project on GitHub under the MIT license but now I am wondering if I am risking getting in trouble by not making it GPL... This answer makes me think that releasing my own code under ...
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Should I add a licence to a Python3 script when putting it on GitHub?
I have written a script on python3. It is fairly simple it converts one biological sequence format of text file to another.
I am adding it to GitHub and was wondering if I should and need add a ...
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Licensing: distributing open source components with your PyPI package
I have developed a Python package capable of generating a web page with some embedded tables and figures. The web page employs some open source components (namely Angular.js, Bootstrap and font-...
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Copyright of MIT licenced libraries usage within GPL licensed code
My software is completely written in python and has the following architecture of down cascaded dependencies. I plan to share my whole source code (FileA, FileB, FileC) next time in GitHub:
FileA: ...
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