can a OSS be put under GNU GPL3 if written in python

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I created a RSS reader/parser using python which can be found here *code.google.com/p/rssglut/
i heard from a group that only C/C++ programs come under GPL

i also want to contribute to open source community but i don't know how to start/how to join an existing group?.
HELP!!!

You heard wrong, any work can fall under the GPL as long as you adhere to it. Do read the GPL for more information, its as general as any other license and is also named so.

Python or even a work of literature, they both can fall under the GPL.

*www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

And as for contributing, join the mailing list of the project you are interested in and post your interest there and they will be glad in guiding you from there.

johny rico said:
I created a RSS reader/parser using python which can be found here *code.google.com/p/rssglut/
i heard from a group that only C/C++ programs come under GPL
i also want to contribute to open source community but i don't know how to start/how to join an existing group?.
HELP!!!

GPL is universal. Anything and everything can be put under GPL and you are highly encouraged to do that.

If you are reusing someone else's code, which is not compatible with GPL v3 then you cannot license your code under GPL v3, else you will have to remove that code or distribute it separately depending on how it is used in your project.

sourav123 said:
GPL is universal. Anything and everything can be put under GPL and you are highly encouraged to do that.

wrong.

thanks..

mehulved said:
If you are reusing someone else's code, which is not compatible with GPL v3 then you cannot license your code under GPL v3, else you will have to remove that code or distribute it separately depending on how it is used in your project.

wrong.

May we have the correct version pls.. mehulved can you pls explain?

Offtopic:
Your name's based on Starship Troopers?

nitish_mythology said:
May we have the correct version pls.. mehulved can you pls explain?

In short you can only distribute anything under GPL v3 if all the parts can be distributed under a compatible license.

Thanks,I understood.
How does a GPL work of literature differ from other counterparts?