Is Python software saleable?

Hello,

I have an industry-specific software solution in mind that I now want to convert into code, preferably Python, which I already know and, due to the complexity of the program (structural engineering), I don't want to learn a complex programming language.

To the question:

Is Python software marketable?

Or does my code then become open source code from a purely legal point of view?

Is it even possible to sell a program written in Python under copyright law based on the Python trademark?

Greetings

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jo135
1 year ago

Is Python software marketable?

Of course.

Or will my code be seen purely legally Open Source Code?

No, how do you get the idea? You got it PSF license read at all?

(Apart from this: you can also ask for money for open source software and market it. However, the business model is usually one for support and binary distributions because the source code itself is freely available.)

Is it possible to sell a program written in Python on the basis of Trademark Python?

Of course. You don’t write Python, you write software with Python. The copyright remains completely with you, you don’t have to take over the license of Python.

What you need to look after:

  • Licenses of dependencies, i.e. libraries used by your software. They are usually also uncritical, but sometimes you have to fulfill certain requirements (for example, mention in the documentation). In some cases, there could be libraries that forbid commercial use or are “infectious”, i.e. the software they use as “derivative works”. This is very rare.
  • If you deliver a Python runtime environment with your software to the customer, could be who have another license. One example would be ActiveState Python.

This is not only true for Python. Virtually every significant programming language is defined by a community today and has an open source reference implementation.

Birkenpilz
1 year ago

Is Python software marketable?

Sure!

Or will my code be seen purely legally Open Source Code?

No!

Is it possible to sell a program written in Python on the basis of Trademark Python?

Yes!

As well as any industry-specific software solution also uses a database. In addition, you do not start with pure python, but use frameworks that are already well tested.

But do it anyway! You learn a lot and this is a big profit – regardless of the financial success of your software.

regex9
1 year ago

You can develop Python software, sell them and do not have to publish the source code openly.

With regard to the help tools you use (IDE, external libraries), you need to inform yourself about their license models separately.