jython-dev

[Jython-dev] distrib/licensing

[Randy H. <he...@nc...>]

I'd like to know if it is possible (legally) to distribute Jython on a CD.

Some background:
We (NCSA at Univ of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) are preparing to produce a CD
that will be given to academic partners (part of the NSF PACI program) who are
building Linux clusters.  Our NCSA visualization group has developed a
visualization tool that requires the use of Jython.  It would simply make life
simpler if we could put Jython on the Cd along with the other required
software.

thanks,
--Randy

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Re: [Jython-dev] distrib/licensing

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[Randy Heiland]

>I'd like to know if it is possible (legally) to distribute Jython on a CD.

It is. As long as you comply with the licenses that cover the various
parts of Jython. You will have read the licenses yourself in order to
decide whether you can live with the very few restrictions that they put
in place.

The licenses in question are:

- JPython-1.1 license (cover the original sources)
- Apache license (cover the ORO matcher code)
- Python-2.0 license (cover most of the python modules in Lib)
- BSD license (cover the changes made to JPython-1.1 sources)

regards,
fin