On 03/13/2013 12:36 PM, Ken Dreyer wrote: > Since the MySQL-python package is licensed GPLv2+, does that mean that > any projects which happen to import "mysql-python" must be released > under the GPL? No. GPL doesn't work like that. If you copied and pasted code from the MySQL-python code into another project, that copied code would still be GPLv2+, and it is possible that if the rest of the code was GPLv2+ incompatible, the resulting code combination would be a licensing mess that no one could use. Now, an argument could be made that any projects which happen to "import mysql" would need to be GPLv2+ compatible, but Fedora doesn't take that stance. See: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:FAQ?rd=Licensing/FAQ#What_about_the_case_where_multiple_independent_modules_in_an_interpreted_language.2C_with_potentially_incompatible_licenses.2C_are_either_used_together_in_a_program_or_depend_upon_each_other.3F hth, ~tom == Fedora Project _______________________________________________ legal mailing list legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/legal
