I was thinking about adding some features to my python script for ripping and encoding mp3s. Maybe even getting it hosted at sourceforge. I am very unknowledable in this whole area. I guess I am invisioning an installer that would install the script in /usr/local. My script is dependent on these python modules CDDB and DiscID. To keep it simple for the user is it ok to group these two modules with my script all in one tarball. Then just have the user type a single command to do the install. In all honestly I am not even sure what it takes to properly install python modules. Do I need to get the permission of the author of the modules to include them in my tarball, I know they are licenced under the GPL? I realize this is a pretty vague question. I am just looking for any general direction to get this together. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

Here's the answer.
No. The GPL's already grants you the permission. But you'll need to:

• Use the GPL to license your own program.
• Leave the authors/copyright notices.
• Distribute the GPL's complete text with your package.
• Release full source code.

Disclaimer: Don't take the above to be definitive. Read the GPL for precise conditions.

thanks for the nice link. that should give me alot to read.

The Software Release Practice HOWTO may also be useful to read.