That depends. Are you building a space rocket to another planet??! That would be awesome. :)
On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 10:40 AM, Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote: > On 9/30/2017 9:50 AM, Александр wrote: > >> Tell me, please, can I use some of the IDLE source code in my program? >> > > The official answer is "Read the license", in particular, the PYTHON > SOFTWARE FOUNDATION LICENSE VERSION 2. You can access it on the online > docs or by entering 'license()' at a >>> prompt or in IDLE, Help => About > IDLE => License. In general, the license is generous in giving > permissions, so long as one gives credit and takes responsibility for the > result. > > I do not know the legal definition of 'derivative work' as used in the > license, and you did not say how much is 'some'. If you use all or most of > a module, include the the copyright notice of clause 2 and the 'brief > summary of changes' of clause 3. > > If you want to reply, either subscribe to the list or use the > news.gmane.org mirror. > > -- > Terry Jan Reedy > > _______________________________________________ > IDLE-dev mailing list > IDLE-dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/idle-dev > -- A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. - Abraham Maslow
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