On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:41:42 -0400, Glyph Lefkowitz <gl...@twistedmatrix.com> wrote: >On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Vishal Shetye <vishalshe...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> I had posted a query about laxdb on this list >> http://twistedmatrix.com/pipermail/twisted-python/2009-July/020030.html >> laxdb code is in sandbox and is not released with twisted. The file itself >> does not have any license. >> Can it be used assuming the same license as that of twisted. >> > >In general you can assume code in Twisted's sandbox is released under the >same license as Twisted itself.
You can assume it, but it'd be safer to read the license file :) http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/browser/sandbox/LICENSE >It's safest to check with the author personally (in this case, mg) in case >there is some reason for an exception. So you definitely should do this. > >However, I would strongly discourage you from using this code in any >capacity other than trying to contribute patches which add it (and by "it" I >mean tested, working versions of it) to some existing twisted module, in >this case adbapi. As it says, it is "experimental, untested, incomplete", >it hasn't been updated in 4 years, and I assume it is totally unsupported, >both by its author and by the Twisted team in general. If it breaks, you >can't even keep both pieces, you have to dispose of them as toxic waste. > That's all still excellent advice. Jean-Paul _______________________________________________ Twisted-Python mailing list Twisted-Python@twistedmatrix.com http://twistedmatrix.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twisted-python