"Aahz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, Feb 12, 2005, Terry Reedy wrote: >>> http://www.python.org/psf/contrib.html
>> After reading this page and pages linked thereto, I get the impression >> that >> you are only asking for contributor forms from contributors of original >> material (such as module or manual section) and not from submitters of >> suggestions (via news,mail) or patches (via sourceforge). Correct? > Half-correct: patches constitute "work" and should also require a > contrib agreement. As I remember, my impression was based on the suggested procedure of first copywrite one's work and then license it under one of two acceptible "original licenses". This makes sense for a whole module, but hardly for most patches, to the point of being nonsense for a patch of one word, as some of mine have been (in text form, with the actual diff being prepared by the committer). This is not to deny that editing -- finding the exact place to insert or change a word is "work" -- but to say that it is work of a different sort from original authorship. So, if the lawyer thinks patches should also have a contrib agreement, then I strongly recommend a separate blanket agreement that covers all patches one ever contributes as one ongoing work. > But we're probably not going to press the point > until we get contrib agreements from all CVS committers. Even though I am not such, I would happily fill and fax a blanket patch agreement were that deemed to be helpful. Terry J. Reedy _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
