On 2009-01-20 00:56, Raymond Hettinger wrote: > Why does numbers.py say: > > # Copyright 2007 Google, Inc. All Rights Reserved. > # Licensed to PSF under a Contributor Agreement.
Because that's where that file originated, I guess. This is part of what you have to do for things that are licensed to the PSF under a contributor agreement: http://www.python.org/psf/contrib/contrib-form/ """ Contributor shall identify each Contribution by placing the following notice in its source code adjacent to Contributor's valid copyright notice: "Licensed to PSF under a Contributor Agreement." """ > Weren't there multiple contributors including non-google people? The initial contribution was done by Google (Jeffrey Yasskin AFAIK) and that's where the above lines originated from. > Does Google want to be associated with code that > was submitted with no tests? Only Google can comment on this. > Do we want this sort of stuff in the code? Yes, it is required by the contrib forms. > If someone signs a contributor agreement, can we > forgo the external copyright comments? No. See above. Only the copyright owner can remove such notices. > Do we want to make a practice of every contributor > commenting in the name of the company they were > working for at the time (if so, I would have to add > the comment to a lot of modules)? That depends on the contract a contributor has with the company that funded the work. It's quite common for such contracts to include a clause stating that all IP generated during work time is owned by the employer. > Does the copyright concept even apply to an > abstract base class (I thought APIs were not > subject to copyright, just like database layouts > and language definitions)? It applies to the written program text. You are probably thinking about other IP rights such as patents or designs. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Jan 20 2009) >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ::: Try our new mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! :::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ _______________________________________________ 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
