This is the Debian GNU/Linux package of an LDAP module for Python. This package was put together by Gregor Hoffleit , and subsequently updated by Peter Hawkins and Matej Vela . The package was put together from source found at the home page of the project: http://www.python-ldap.org/ According to the README, the following copyright notices apply: ==================================================================== Copyright and licensing: Different parts of python-ldap have different licenses. See individual directories for their licensing. In brief, these are: _ldap: public domain ldapthreadlock: public domain ldif: public domain win32: unknown Although not a condition of the licenses, I strongly urge that any improvements you may make be sent back to us for inclusion into future versions of this package (under the same free licensing).