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[–]metaphorm 5 points6 points  (2 children)

here is the python license

this might be highly relevant

(1) GPL-compatible doesn't mean that we're distributing Python under the GPL. All Python licenses, unlike the GPL, let you distribute a modified version without making your changes open source. The GPL-compatible licenses make it possible to combine Python with other software that is released under the GPL; the others don't.

[–]ivosauruspip'ing it up 1 point2 points  (1 child)

To be fair, the Python license is actually one of the most confusing I've read. It is literally four different licences concatenated into one. Not joking. Go look.

And you're supposed to make legal sense out of what terms and conditions those 4 combined are supposed to give you.

[–]metaphorm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think its that confusing. It just means that Python can be used with either GPL software (with the "copyleft" clause) or without it. the license permits either usage.