Re-distributing PyCharm
Hi there,
can I re-distribute PyCharm with my custom Python distro? Is this allowed?
I would basically unpack the installer, take the files and integrate in my bigger installer.
Thanks for all good work!
can I re-distribute PyCharm with my custom Python distro? Is this allowed?
I would basically unpack the installer, take the files and integrate in my bigger installer.
Thanks for all good work!
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there is a folder that comes with each PyCharm distribution - named "license".
There you can find all necessary information.
If you are about to re-distribution of PyCharm Professional Edition - you are not allowed to do that without prior written consent from JetBrains - PyCharm Professional Edition has EULA model:
license/PyCharm_license.txt:
"
4. GRANT OF LICENSE
...
(b) Licensee may not:
...
(i) sell, redistribute, encumber, give, lend, rent, lease, sublicense, or otherwise transfer Software, or any portions of Software, to anyone without the prior written consent of Licensor;
...
"
BUT
As far as you probably know we have PyCharm Community Edition - that is the free and open source edition of PyCharm. It has a different license - Apache 2.
Go to the same place in PyCharm Community Edition installation folder:
license/LICENSE.txt:
"
Apache License
Version 2.0, January 2004
...
4. Redistribution. You may reproduce and distribute copies of the
Work or Derivative Works thereof in any medium, with or without
modifications, and in Source or Object form, provided that You
meet the following conditions:
....
"
What happens now in 2025, with the phasing out of the community edition binary distribution ? Will the unified licence allow for distribution of Pycharm inside another product (without any licence), like the community edition could be in the past - as stated above ? or will pycharm redistribution be completely banned with the unified release ?
Hello, Andrewv ,
Please check our extended FAQ section for more information. Let me know if you have any questions.
Hi @Dinara Tsydenova, thanks for responding. I previously checked through all of the FAQ you referenced, and it covers some related points, but it doesn't specifically answer the question I was asking, about, i.e: Whether the the licence terms of the new pycharm binary distribution can be included and redistributed as part of another product free of charge, in the same way that the pycharm community edition could be up until now.
Hello, Andrewv ,
Thanks for your patience!
As for your question, the new unified version 2025 is licensed under our new JetBrains User Agreement which does not allow redistribution or other forms of providing the products to third parties.