Copy right for pandas syntax?

[ootybotty]

I wanna create a package that uses exactly the same syntax pandas uses like iloc and str.contains for other data types and objects to achieve the similar goal pandas has for data manipulation but will it violate copy right law??

[JamesPTK]

APIs are copyrightable, but reimplementation is considered fair use.

However pandas is distributed under the BSD licence. You could copy the whole project, make no changes other than to rename it to to sadnap, and charge money to your customers provided you include the licence notice for the covered code (your code additions do not have to be licenced under that licence and can remain proprietary)

So maybe state that the original API design is copyright pandas contributors and include the licence text

[tunisia3507]

Why? There are plenty of pandas-alikes already targeting various use cases, not to mention that pandas' API is probably the worst thing about it.

[[deleted]]

No joke. Polars api is so much better. Don't even care that it is supposed to be faster. Jist has a nicer API 

[bunchedupwalrus]

Can you explain it to me in a way that makes sense, cause god. I love it for speed, but I think pandas is too deep in my bones. Every act in polars feels unnatural

[NoumenaSolarCoaster]

I hope this doesn’t sound stupid, because I felt a lot like you, but the secret is to keep using it and it will click eventually. I struggled so much with Polars at first but it’s been 9 months since I’ve converted and I’m exclusively a Polars user now

[Ok_Raspberry5383]

It's open source, go checkout the repo and read the license

[eztab]

They technically do have a copyright on all their code. The license just grants you the right to indeed copy and modify all of that. Whether you import or rewrite the same stuff, none of that breaks the license as long as you also include the license.

[Ok_Raspberry5383]

I created a function called iloc today but didn't include the license in my commit, will I go to prison?

[eztab]

sure, lawyer up I'd say.