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changeset 353:0122c668f4ec
python licensing
author | Sebastien Jodogne <s.jodogne@gmail.com> |
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date | Sat, 28 Mar 2020 14:46:03 +0100 |
parents | 6258b2c14e56 |
children | 1ba75bac55fd |
files | Sphinx/source/faq/licensing.rst Sphinx/source/plugins/python.rst |
diffstat | 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/Sphinx/source/faq/licensing.rst Sat Mar 28 14:29:06 2020 +0100 +++ b/Sphinx/source/faq/licensing.rst Sat Mar 28 14:46:03 2020 +0100 @@ -68,14 +68,14 @@ The following table provides a simple summary of the most common situations, and indicates whether the use is accepted ("Yes"), -prevented ("No"), or restricted ("Dual licensing"): +forbidden ("No"), or restricted ("Dual licensing"): +-----------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | Mode of distribution of the third-party system, or of the third-party plugin/script | +-----------------------------------------------------+---------------+-------+--------+--------------+------------------------+-------------------+ | Usage of the Orthanc ecosystem | Permissive | GPLv3 | AGPLv3 | Internal use | Proprietary software | Proprietary cloud | -| | (MIT, BSD, | | | | distributed to clients | platform | -| | Apache...) | | | | | | +| | (MIT, BSD, | | | | distributed to clients | platform or Web | +| | Apache...) | | | | | portal | +=====================================================+===============+=======+========+==============+========================+===================+ | Using Orthanc as such, even if some AGPL-licensed | N/A | N/A | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | | plugin is installed | | | | | | | @@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ | is hosted by an Orthanc server where some | | | | | | | | AGPL-licensed plugin is installed | | | | | | | +-----------------------------------------------------+---------------+-------+--------+--------------+------------------------+-------------------+ +| Creating a :ref:`Python script <python>` | No | No | Yes | Yes | Dual licensing | Dual licensing | ++-----------------------------------------------------+---------------+-------+--------+--------------+------------------------+-------------------+ | Using a modified version of the GPL-licensed | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Dual licensing | Yes | | code of Orthanc, or using a modified version of | | | | | | | | some GPL-licensed plugin, or reusing their original | | | | | | |
--- a/Sphinx/source/plugins/python.rst Sat Mar 28 14:29:06 2020 +0100 +++ b/Sphinx/source/plugins/python.rst Sat Mar 28 14:46:03 2020 +0100 @@ -18,6 +18,24 @@ front-end. The coverage of the C SDK is about 75% (105 functions are automatically wrapped in Python out of a total of 139 functions in C). +Licensing +--------- + +Pay attention to the fact that this plugin is licensed under the terms +of the `AGPL license +<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Affero_General_Public_License>`__. + +This has an important consequence: If you distribute Orthanc to +clients together with one Python script, or if you make an Orthanc +server equiped with one Python script available on a Web portal, you +**must** disclose the source code of your Python script to the Orthanc +community under the terms of the AGPL license. We suggest you to put +your code on the `dedicated "OrthancContributed" repository on GitHub +<https://github.com/jodogne/OrthancContributed/tree/master/Plugins>`__. + +Check out the :ref:`FAQ about licensing <licensing>` for more context. + + Samples ------- @@ -258,7 +276,9 @@ <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_interpreter_lock>`__. The GIL is basically a mutex that protects all the calls to the Python interpreter. If multiple C++ threads from Orthanc call a Python -callback, only one can proceed at any given time. +callback, only one can proceed at any given time. Note however that +the GIL only applies to the Python script: The baseline REST API of +Orthanc is not affected by the GIL. .. highlight:: python