On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Antoine Pitrou <solip...@pitrou.net>wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Sep 2013 09:47:48 -0700 > Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote: > > > > IIRC this table was added when a few core Python developers including > > myself left CNRI in 2000. We had a bit of an argument about the license > > (not too much though -- in the end things came out alright). Some lawyer > at > > CNRI thought it was a good idea to record a release history like this > with > > the license, as a defense against whatever claims of ownership to the > code > > someone else might suddenly come up with. Since all I wanted was to get > out > > of there while causing them minimal upset, I told them I'd comply. But > > that's over 13 years ago now, and I'm not sure if it ever made sense (the > > internet is a different place than CNRI's lawyers envisioned). Only the > top > > 10 of so lines of the table are in the least interesting (note that it > > describes a graph). I propose that we truncate the table and add a note > > saying that all following releases are owned by the PSF, GPL-compatible, > > and derived from previous PSF-owned and GPL-compatible releases. That > > should do until the PSF goes out of business (which I hope will never > > happen -- this is one reason why I wish the conferences were run by a > > separate entity, to avoid a conference bankruptcy from risking Python's > > continued open-source status). > > The PSF isn't technically the copyright holder, so would that pose a > significant threat? > I have no idea. If you want a real answer talk to a lawyer. > (at worse the PSF could relicense Python based on the copyright > agreements, but Python would still be distributable under the original > license) > But only the PSF has the list of original contributors and their licenses. -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
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