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| author | James Bennett <james@b-list.org> | 2018-03-25 18:43:21 -0700 |
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| committer | Tim Graham <timograham@gmail.com> | 2018-06-29 20:00:58 -0400 |
| commit | 48b327aef1095a8978ba8d320d706949c1ec41da (patch) | |
| tree | c7b773d9fe5d1efecf2ded0b56f929768fc9e3a6 /docs | |
| parent | 38cada7c94f5f73d2d47a0a730ea5d71d266fa2c (diff) | |
Fixed #29261 -- Doc'd the reason for LICENSE.python.
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/faq/general.txt | 15 |
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diff --git a/docs/faq/general.txt b/docs/faq/general.txt index 2d89f97360..2bc0712977 100644 --- a/docs/faq/general.txt +++ b/docs/faq/general.txt @@ -71,6 +71,21 @@ Django was originally developed at World Online, the Web department of a newspaper in Lawrence, Kansas, USA. Django's now run by an international `team of volunteers <https://www.djangoproject.com/foundation/teams/>`_. +How is Django licensed? +======================= + +Django is distributed under `the 3-clause BSD license +<https://github.com/django/django/blob/master/LICENSE>`_. This is an open +source license granting broad permissions to modify and redistribute Django. + +Why does Django include Python's license file? +============================================== + +Django includes code from the Python standard library. Python is distributed +under a permissive open source license. `A copy of the Python license +<https://github.com/django/django/blob/master/LICENSE.python>`_ is +included with Django for compliance with Python's terms. + Which sites use Django? ======================= |