From bhargab.analytics at gmail.com  Tue Sep  5 10:51:04 2023
From: bhargab.analytics at gmail.com (CS with BHARGAB)
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2023 16:21:04 +0530
Subject: [License-discuss] Asking Eligibility to apply license for Python
 Package
Message-ID: <CAEAmJh6qd4sCQL_0EZTEOWZyB784MgzkVXffQEJ015mhuXHh+g@mail.gmail.com>

Hello,
I have written a python package which is globally accessible from pypi.org.
you can visit the python package by the following link:
https://pypi.org/project/chi-final/
I want to know if I can apply for an Open Source License?
Note: I am using the MIT license for initial upload purposes. But can I
have a separate license for this package?

Regards,
Bhargab Ganguli
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From forums at david-woolley.me.uk  Wed Sep  6 14:37:28 2023
From: forums at david-woolley.me.uk (David Woolley)
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2023 15:37:28 +0100
Subject: [License-discuss] Asking Eligibility to apply license for
 Python Package
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On 05/09/2023 11:51, CS with BHARGAB wrote:
> Hello,
> I have written a python package which is globally accessible from 
> pypi.org <http://pypi.org/>. you can visit the python package by the 
> following link:
> https://pypi.org/project/chi-final/ <https://pypi.org/project/chi-final/>
> I want to know if I can apply for an Open Source License?
> Note: I am using the MIT license for initial upload purposes. But can I 
> have a separate?license for this package?
> 

I'm not clear what you are asking.  Are you saying you want to create a 
new set of licence conditions, or are you saying can you apply a 
different, existing set to the software?  (Although one talks about the 
MIT licence one really means the MIT licence conditions; the actual 
licence is the statement that those conditions apply.)

If you mean a new set of conditions, that is very unlikely unless you 
can demonstrate that they fill a hole not covered by existing sets of 
conditions.  There is a problem of licence condition proliferation, and 
new sets of conditions are difficult to get approved.

If you are saying can you relicense the software under a new set of 
conditions, the answer is, if you own all the copyrights, and the new 
licence is otherwise compatible, yes you can.  If you don't own all the 
copyrights, you would need to consult a lawyer, although, if everything 
uses the MIT terms, that may be straightforward.

From tenorgil at gmail.com  Wed Sep  6 15:32:46 2023
From: tenorgil at gmail.com (Tenorgil)
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2023 11:32:46 -0400
Subject: [License-discuss] Asking Eligibility to apply license for
 Python Package
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Message-ID: <8C3CECDB-4AC5-4559-A5A3-AD5FB22ADD0E@edison.tech>

      
  

  If it?s your code, (looks like it from the link) you can license it as you see fit.   The confusion here (and it?s common) is that the term ?license? is   used in two different ways.   
  

  
1. In plain meaning, a license is a statement of permission. If you put a license on your code, you are granting permission to others to use your code -   thank you for that.   
  
2. However, in commercial licensing contexts, people purchase or request licenses since they are viewed as limited tokens that you pay for and get.   
  

  
Since this is an open source context, licensing means something you, the author, can give us, not something you get.   
  

  
 Gil Yehuda
  

  
  
  
>   
> On Sep 6, 2023 at 10:25 AM,  <CS with BHARGAB (mailto:bhargab.analytics at gmail.com)>  wrote:
>   
>   
>   
> Hello,
>  I have written a python package which is globally accessible from   pypi.org (http://pypi.org/). you can visit the python package by the following link:  
> https://pypi.org/project/chi-final/
>   
> I want to know if I can apply for an Open Source License?
>   
> Note: I am using the MIT license for initial upload purposes. But can I have a separate   license for this package?
>   
>
>   
> Regards,
>   
> Bhargab Ganguli
>   
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