[email protected] On Fri, Feb 2, 2024, 6:21 p.m. Christophe Pettus <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > On Feb 1, 2024, at 07:02, Lightning Bit < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Can one copyright an entire Django Project if it contains licensed code > from APIs? Or, does the copyrightable code only apply to exclusive > algorithms developed on the backend? > > A disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, and this is not legal advice. > > You cannot claim copyright on code that belongs to someone else. The > Django code itself, and any Python libraries that you use, belong to > someone else. > > You can claim copyright on code that you (or your organization) produced > yourselves. > > The Django license is here: > > https://github.com/django/django/blob/main/LICENSE > > It allows you to *redistribute* Django's code assuming some conditions are > met. That is not the same as claiming copyright on it. For other software > tools that you might use, you will need to consult their licenses to > determine if you are permitted to redistribute them. > > If you are planning a commercial product based around Django, especially > one that includes other PyPI libraries, it's a good (almost mandatory) idea > to have a lawyer review the licenses of the various components. You'll > want a lawyer who is familiar with open source intellectual property issues. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/056040B8-C0B9-4C23-A0CE-DEF8795ADE86%40thebuild.com > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAAJ%2B9rG4__C5fGZR5X9Epen-xy3RK69sMXw7ZgpNiCKEfEtyrg%40mail.gmail.com.
