tqdm safe for commercial use?PyPI package · License: MPL-2.0 AND MIT
tqdm is licensed under MPL-2.0 AND MIT. Nothing below is blocked, but it carries a source-disclosure obligation — what triggers it differs by how you ship, so read the table.
| How you ship it | Result | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Hosted SaaS | No obligation | Multiple licenses apply at once. MPL-2.0 applies copyleft per file, not to your project as a whole. Files it covers must stay under it and their modifications must be published, while your own files may carry any terms you choose. It treats static and dynamic linking alike, so how you link makes no difference. / MIT requires retaining the copyright notice and the license text. There is no source-disclosure obligation. |
| Distributed binary / app | No obligation | Multiple licenses apply at once. MPL-2.0 applies copyleft per file, not to your project as a whole. Files it covers must stay under it and their modifications must be published, while your own files may carry any terms you choose. It treats static and dynamic linking alike, so how you link makes no difference. / MIT requires retaining the copyright notice and the license text. There is no source-disclosure obligation. |
| Delivered to customer | No obligation | Multiple licenses apply at once. MPL-2.0 applies copyleft per file, not to your project as a whole. Files it covers must stay under it and their modifications must be published, while your own files may carry any terms you choose. It treats static and dynamic linking alike, so how you link makes no difference. / MIT requires retaining the copyright notice and the license text. There is no source-disclosure obligation. |
| Internal use only | No obligation | Multiple licenses apply at once. MPL-2.0 applies copyleft per file, not to your project as a whole. Files it covers must stay under it and their modifications must be published, while your own files may carry any terms you choose. It treats static and dynamic linking alike, so how you link makes no difference. / MIT requires retaining the copyright notice and the license text. There is no source-disclosure obligation. |
| Published library | No obligation | Multiple licenses apply at once. MPL-2.0 applies copyleft per file, not to your project as a whole. Files it covers must stay under it and their modifications must be published, while your own files may carry any terms you choose. It treats static and dynamic linking alike, so how you link makes no difference. / MIT requires retaining the copyright notice and the license text. There is no source-disclosure obligation. |
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If you only use it at build time, the answer changes.
Multiple licenses apply at once. MPL-2.0 appears as a dev dependency, so it is not part of the artifact you ship. Distribution-triggered obligations do not arise. Tools that emit code into your output, such as code generators, are a separate case worth checking individually. / MIT appears as a dev dependency, so it is not part of the artifact you ship. Distribution-triggered obligations do not arise. Tools that emit code into your output, such as code generators, are a separate case worth checking individually.
tqdm is licensed under MPL-2.0 AND MIT. Nothing below is blocked, but it carries a source-disclosure obligation — what triggers it differs by how you ship, so read the table.
Multiple licenses apply at once. MPL-2.0 applies copyleft per file, not to your project as a whole. Files it covers must stay under it and their modifications must be published, while your own files may carry any terms you choose. It treats static and dynamic linking alike, so how you link makes no difference. / MIT requires retaining the copyright notice and the license text. There is no source-disclosure obligation.
Multiple licenses apply at once. MPL-2.0 applies copyleft per file, not to your project as a whole. Files it covers must stay under it and their modifications must be published, while your own files may carry any terms you choose. It treats static and dynamic linking alike, so how you link makes no difference. / MIT requires retaining the copyright notice and the license text. There is no source-disclosure obligation.
Multiple licenses apply at once. MPL-2.0 applies copyleft per file, not to your project as a whole. Files it covers must stay under it and their modifications must be published, while your own files may carry any terms you choose. It treats static and dynamic linking alike, so how you link makes no difference. / MIT requires retaining the copyright notice and the license text. There is no source-disclosure obligation.
Multiple licenses apply at once. MPL-2.0 applies copyleft per file, not to your project as a whole. Files it covers must stay under it and their modifications must be published, while your own files may carry any terms you choose. It treats static and dynamic linking alike, so how you link makes no difference. / MIT requires retaining the copyright notice and the license text. There is no source-disclosure obligation.
Multiple licenses apply at once. MPL-2.0 applies copyleft per file, not to your project as a whole. Files it covers must stay under it and their modifications must be published, while your own files may carry any terms you choose. It treats static and dynamic linking alike, so how you link makes no difference. / MIT requires retaining the copyright notice and the license text. There is no source-disclosure obligation.
Multiple licenses apply at once. MPL-2.0 appears as a dev dependency, so it is not part of the artifact you ship. Distribution-triggered obligations do not arise. Tools that emit code into your output, such as code generators, are a separate case worth checking individually. / MIT appears as a dev dependency, so it is not part of the artifact you ship. Distribution-triggered obligations do not arise. Tools that emit code into your output, such as code generators, are a separate case worth checking individually.
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