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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Thank you for the clarifications about how the GPL license applies, and what the consequences are.

If I'm following you correctly:

  • Having a GPL-licensed dependency in my Django project makes my Django project GPL-licensed
  • But since my Django project is not going to need to run anywhere else than on my servers, I won't ever need to share a copy of my project to anyone, so the fact that my project is GPL-licensed has no implications whatsoever, it can live in my private Git repository like any proprietary piece of software

So in the case of my Django project template:

  • The project template is GPL-licensed
  • This makes any Django project based on it is GPL-licensed
  • But real-life Django projects being made to run on a server only, in order to offer services through the web, their being GPL-licensed will have no practical implications
  • Which means that people can safely use my template as it is, with the GPL, without having to worry about it

Thanks for the discussion, I've learned a lot!