# History and License

## History of the software

Python was created in the early 1990s by Guido van Rossum at Stichting Mathematisch Centrum (CWI, see https://www.cwi.nl/) in the Netherlands as a successor of a language called ABC. Guido remains Python’s principal author, although it includes many contributions from others.

In 1995, Guido continued his work on Python at the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI, see https://www.cnri.reston.va.us/) in Reston, Virginia where he released several versions of the software.

In May 2000, Guido and the Python core development team moved to BeOpen.com to form the BeOpen PythonLabs team. In October of the same year, the PythonLabs team moved to Digital Creations (now Zope Corporation; see https://www.zope.org/). In 2001, the Python Software Foundation (PSF, see https://www.python.org/psf/) was formed, a non-profit organization created specifically to own Python-related Intellectual Property. Zope Corporation is a sponsoring member of the PSF.

All Python releases are Open Source (see https://opensource.org/ for the Open Source Definition). Historically, most, but not all, Python releases have also been GPL-compatible; the table below summarizes the various releases.

Release | Derived from | Year | Owner | GPL compatible?
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
0.9.0 thru 1.2 | n/a | 1991-1995 | CWI | yes
1.3 thru 1.5.2 | 1.2 | 1995-1999 | CNRI | yes
1.6 | 1.5.2 | 2000 | CNRI | no
2.0 | 1.6 | 2000 | BeOpen.com | no
1.6.1 | 1.6 | 2001 | CNRI | no
2.1 | 2.0+1.6.1 | 2001 | PSF | no
2.0.1 | 2.0+1.6.1 | 2001 | PSF | yes
2.1.1 | 2.1+2.0.1 | 2001 | PSF | yes
2.1.2 | 2.1.1 | 2002 | PSF | yes
2.1.3 | 2.1.2 | 2002 | PSF | yes
2.2 and above | 2.1.1 | 2001-now | PSF | yes

Note

GPL-compatible doesn’t mean that we’re distributing Python under the GPL. All Python licenses, unlike the GPL, let you distribute a modified version without making your changes open source. The GPL-compatible licenses make it possible to combine Python with other software that is released under the GPL; the others don’t.

Thanks to the many outside volunteers who have worked under Guido’s direction to make these releases possible.

## Terms and conditions for accessing or otherwise using Python

Python software and documentation are licensed under the PSF License Agreement.

Starting with Python 3.8.6, examples, recipes, and other code in the documentation are dual licensed under the PSF License Agreement and the Zero-Clause BSD license.

Some software incorporated into Python is under different licenses. The licenses are listed with code falling under that license. See Licenses and Acknowledgements for Incorporated Software for an incomplete list of these licenses.

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### CWI LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR PYTHON 0.9.0 THROUGH 1.2

    Copyright © 1991 - 1995, Stichting Mathematisch Centrum Amsterdam, The
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### ZERO-CLAUSE BSD LICENSE FOR CODE IN THE PYTHON 3.11.5 DOCUMENTATION

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## Licenses and Acknowledgements for Incorporated Software

This section is an incomplete, but growing list of licenses and acknowledgements for third-party software incorporated in the Python distribution.

### Mersenne Twister

The `_random` module includes code based on a download from http://www.math.sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~m-mat/MT/MT2002/emt19937ar.html. The following are the verbatim comments from the original code:

    A C-program for MT19937, with initialization improved 2002/1/26.
    Coded by Takuji Nishimura and Makoto Matsumoto.

    Before using, initialize the state by using init_genrand(seed)
    or init_by_array(init_key, key_length).

    Copyright (C) 1997 - 2002, Makoto Matsumoto and Takuji Nishimura,
    All rights reserved.

    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
    modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
    are met:

     1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
        notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

     2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
        notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
        documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

     3. The names of its contributors may not be used to endorse or promote
        products derived from this software without specific prior written
        permission.

    THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
    "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
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    NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
    SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

    Any feedback is very welcome.
    http://www.math.sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~m-mat/MT/emt.html
    email: m-mat @ math.sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp (remove space)

### Sockets

The `socket` module uses the functions, `getaddrinfo()`, and `getnameinfo()`, which are coded in separate source files from the WIDE Project, https://www.wide.ad.jp/.

    Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998 WIDE Project.
    All rights reserved.

    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
    modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
    are met:
    1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
    2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
       documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
    3. Neither the name of the project nor the names of its contributors
       may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
       without specific prior written permission.

    THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE PROJECT AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
    ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
    IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
    ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE PROJECT OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
    FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
    DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
    OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
    HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
    LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
    OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
    SUCH DAMAGE.

### Asynchronous socket services

The `asynchat` and `asyncore` modules contain the following notice:

    Copyright 1996 by Sam Rushing

                            All Rights Reserved

    Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and
    its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby
    granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all
    copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission
    notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the name of Sam
    Rushing not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to
    distribution of the software without specific, written prior
    permission.

    SAM RUSHING DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE,
    INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN
    NO EVENT SHALL SAM RUSHING BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR
    CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS
    OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
    NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN
    CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

### Cookie management

The `http.cookies` module contains the following notice:

    Copyright 2000 by Timothy O'Malley <timo@alum.mit.edu>

                   All Rights Reserved

    Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software
    and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby
    granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all
    copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission
    notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the name of
    Timothy O'Malley  not be used in advertising or publicity
    pertaining to distribution of the software without specific, written
    prior permission.

    Timothy O'Malley DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS
    SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
    AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL Timothy O'Malley BE LIABLE FOR
    ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
    WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS,
    WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS
    ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR
    PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

### Execution tracing

The `trace` module contains the following notice:

    portions copyright 2001, Autonomous Zones Industries, Inc., all rights...
    err...  reserved and offered to the public under the terms of the
    Python 2.2 license.
    Author: Zooko O'Whielacronx
    http://zooko.com/
    mailto:zooko@zooko.com

    Copyright 2000, Mojam Media, Inc., all rights reserved.
    Author: Skip Montanaro

    Copyright 1999, Bioreason, Inc., all rights reserved.
    Author: Andrew Dalke

    Copyright 1995-1997, Automatrix, Inc., all rights reserved.
    Author: Skip Montanaro

    Copyright 1991-1995, Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, all rights reserved.

    Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this Python software and
    its associated documentation for any purpose without fee is hereby
    granted, provided that the above copyright notice appears in all copies,
    and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
    supporting documentation, and that the name of neither Automatrix,
    Bioreason or Mojam Media be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to
    distribution of the software without specific, written prior permission.

### UUencode and UUdecode functions

The `uu` module contains the following notice:

    Copyright 1994 by Lance Ellinghouse
    Cathedral City, California Republic, United States of America.
                           All Rights Reserved
    Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
    documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,
    provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
    both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
    supporting documentation, and that the name of Lance Ellinghouse
    not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution
    of the software without specific, written prior permission.
    LANCE ELLINGHOUSE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO
    THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
    FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL LANCE ELLINGHOUSE CENTRUM BE LIABLE
    FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
    WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
    ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT
    OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

    Modified by Jack Jansen, CWI, July 1995:
    - Use binascii module to do the actual line-by-line conversion
      between ascii and binary. This results in a 1000-fold speedup. The C
      version is still 5 times faster, though.
    - Arguments more compliant with Python standard

### XML Remote Procedure Calls

The `xmlrpc.client` module contains the following notice:

        The XML-RPC client interface is

    Copyright (c) 1999-2002 by Secret Labs AB
    Copyright (c) 1999-2002 by Fredrik Lundh

    By obtaining, using, and/or copying this software and/or its
    associated documentation, you agree that you have read, understood,
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    Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and
    its associated documentation for any purpose and without fee is
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    TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT-
    ABILITY AND FITNESS.  IN NO EVENT SHALL SECRET LABS AB OR THE AUTHOR
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    ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE
    OF THIS SOFTWARE.

### test_epoll

The `test.test_epoll` module contains the following notice:

    Copyright (c) 2001-2006 Twisted Matrix Laboratories.

    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
    a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
    "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
    without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
    distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
    permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
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    included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
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    LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
    OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
    WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

### Select kqueue

The `select` module contains the following notice for the kqueue interface:

    Copyright (c) 2000 Doug White, 2006 James Knight, 2007 Christian Heimes
    All rights reserved.

    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
    modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
    are met:
    1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
    2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
       documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

    THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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    ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
    FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
    DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
    OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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    LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
    OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
    SUCH DAMAGE.

### SipHash24

The file `Python/pyhash.c` contains Marek Majkowski’ implementation of Dan Bernstein’s SipHash24 algorithm. It contains the following note:

    <MIT License>
    Copyright (c) 2013  Marek Majkowski <marek@popcount.org>

    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
    of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
    in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
    to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
    copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
    furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

    The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
    all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
    </MIT License>

    Original location:
       https://github.com/majek/csiphash/

    Solution inspired by code from:
       Samuel Neves (supercop/crypto_auth/siphash24/little)
       djb (supercop/crypto_auth/siphash24/little2)
       Jean-Philippe Aumasson (https://131002.net/siphash/siphash24.c)

### strtod and dtoa

The file `Python/dtoa.c`, which supplies C functions dtoa and strtod for conversion of C doubles to and from strings, is derived from the file of the same name by David M. Gay, currently available from https://web.archive.org/web/20220517033456/http://www.netlib.org/fp/dtoa.c. The original file, as retrieved on March 16, 2009, contains the following copyright and licensing notice:

    /****************************************************************
     *
     * The author of this software is David M. Gay.
     *
     * Copyright (c) 1991, 2000, 2001 by Lucent Technologies.
     *
     * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
     * purpose without fee is hereby granted, provided that this entire notice
     * is included in all copies of any software which is or includes a copy
     * or modification of this software and in all copies of the supporting
     * documentation for such software.
     *
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     * WARRANTY.  IN PARTICULAR, NEITHER THE AUTHOR NOR LUCENT MAKES ANY
     * REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND CONCERNING THE MERCHANTABILITY
     * OF THIS SOFTWARE OR ITS FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
     *
     ***************************************************************/

### OpenSSL

The modules `hashlib`, `posix`, `ssl`, `crypt` use the OpenSSL library for added performance if made available by the operating system. Additionally, the Windows and macOS installers for Python may include a copy of the OpenSSL libraries, so we include a copy of the OpenSSL license here. For the OpenSSL 3.0 release, and later releases derived from that, the Apache License v2 applies:

                                  Apache License
                            Version 2.0, January 2004
                         https://www.apache.org/licenses/

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### expat

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### libffi

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### zlib

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### cfuhash

The implementation of the hash table used by the `tracemalloc` is based on the cfuhash project:

    Copyright (c) 2005 Don Owens
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### libmpdec

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### W3C C14N test suite

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### Audioop

The audioop module uses the code base in g771.c file of the SoX project:

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