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Python Software Foundation Rule

Derivative works made available to others must summarise changes

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Kind
Restriction
Statement
PSF License Agreement Version 2, clause 3: a Licensee that prepares a derivative work based on or incorporating Python, and makes it available to others, agrees to include in that work a brief summary of the changes made to Python. The clause requires a change summary, not publication of the modified source. (page undated; as published on 2026-09-27)
Applies when
Distributing a modified CPython (patched interpreter, altered standard library) or a work that incorporates part of Python.
Applies to
Derivative works of Python (CPython).
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