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* This is with an exception for the runtime library parts to allow proprietary compiled code to link against it. * But it makes creating competitors to Nuitka commercial impossible, as they would need to open source their code.
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Nuitka Runtime Library Exception
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Version 1.0
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This Nuitka Runtime Library Exception ("Exception") is an additional permission
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under section 7 of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3 ("AGPLv3").
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It applies to a given file (the "File") that bears a notice placed by the
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copyright holder of the file stating that the file is governed by AGPLv3 along
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with this Exception.
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The purpose of this Exception is to allow the compilation of non-AGPL (including
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proprietary) Python programs to use, in this way, the header files and runtime
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libraries covered by this Exception, without the requirement that the resulting
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executable or library be licensed under the AGPLv3.
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0. Definitions
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"Runtime Library" means the Nuitka static C code, header files, and helper
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functions that are intended to be linked or included into the code generated by
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Nuitka.
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"Independent Module" means a module which is not derived from or based on the
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Runtime Library. Usage of the Runtime Library interface (macros, function
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signatures, data structures) for the purpose of valid compilation/linking does
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not make a module "derived from" the Runtime Library for the purposes of this
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definition.
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"Target Code" means an executable or library created by the Compilation Process.
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"Compilation Process" means the process of transforming Python source code (or
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other input accepted by Nuitka) into C source code using Nuitka, and
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subsequently compiling and linking that C source code with the Runtime Library
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to produce Target Code.
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1. Grant of Additional Permission
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You have permission to propagate a work of Target Code formed by combining the
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Runtime Library with Independent Modules, even if such propagation would
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otherwise violate the terms of AGPLv3, provided that all Independent Modules are
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combined with the Runtime Library through the Compilation Process. You may then
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convey such a combination under terms of your choice.
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2. No Weakening of Nuitka Copyleft
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The availability of this Exception does not imply any general exception to the
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third-party beneficiary rights or other terms of the AGPLv3 for the Nuitka
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compiler itself (typically `nuitka` package logic), nor does it apply to the
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Compilation Process itself (i.e., you cannot distribute a modified version of
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the Nuitka compiler under proprietary terms). This Exception only applies to the
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*output* of the Compilation Process (the Target Code) that links against the
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Runtime Library.
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3. Intention
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This exception is intended to allow the creation of closed-source Python
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applications that use Nuitka, but it does prevent the creation of closed-source
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Nuitka itself except by the source code owner.
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