[sympy] Modules with(out) copyright information

2010-10-24 Thread Priit Laes
Hey! Recently I added a comment about missing copyright/licensing information in some files and this stirred up a small discussion on IRC. Anyway, my proposal was to add following header to all sympy modules: [snip] # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- package.module ~~ A brief

Re: [sympy] Modules with(out) copyright information

2010-10-24 Thread Aaron S. Meurer
So, I am opposed to this proposal. I think that such things are a waste of space, make updating the copyright at the year change more difficult, and, if they are really long (like they are sometimes) can scare people away from the source code. You can also see my and Ondrej's comments on the

Re: [sympy] Modules with(out) copyright information

2010-10-24 Thread Ondrej Certik
On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Aaron S. Meurer asmeu...@gmail.com wrote: So, I am opposed to this proposal.  I think that such things are a waste of space, make updating the copyright at the year change more difficult, and, if they are really long (like they are sometimes) can scare people

Re: [sympy] Modules with(out) copyright information

2010-10-24 Thread Mateusz Paprocki
Hi, On 24 October 2010 22:40, Ondrej Certik ond...@certik.cz wrote: On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Aaron S. Meurer asmeu...@gmail.com wrote: So, I am opposed to this proposal. I think that such things are a waste of space, make updating the copyright at the year change more difficult,

Re: [sympy] Modules with(out) copyright information

2010-10-24 Thread Robert Kern
On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 15:25, Priit Laes plaes...@gmail.com wrote: So why is it needed: 1) Although I cannot find the reference at the moment, a file must contain copyright notice with licensing information, otherwise it can be viewed as public domain and thus can be freely relicensed by

Re: [sympy] Modules with(out) copyright information

2010-10-24 Thread Aaron S. Meurer
I suspected this. So, given this bit of information, what are people's opinions? Aaron Meurer On Oct 24, 2010, at 2:48 PM, Robert Kern wrote: On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 15:25, Priit Laes plaes...@gmail.com wrote: So why is it needed: 1) Although I cannot find the reference at the moment, a

Re: [sympy] Modules with(out) copyright information

2010-10-24 Thread Felix Kaiser
Hi, On 10/24/2010 10:44 PM, Mateusz Paprocki wrote: Hi, On 24 October 2010 22:40, Ondrej Certik ond...@certik.cz mailto:ond...@certik.cz wrote: On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Aaron S. Meurer asmeu...@gmail.com mailto:asmeu...@gmail.com wrote: So, I am opposed to this

Re: [sympy] Modules with(out) copyright information

2010-10-24 Thread Ondrej Certik
On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Felix Kaiser felix.kai...@fxkr.net wrote: Hi, On 10/24/2010 10:44 PM, Mateusz Paprocki wrote: Hi, On 24 October 2010 22:40, Ondrej Certik ond...@certik.cz wrote: On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Aaron S. Meurer asmeu...@gmail.com wrote: So, I am opposed

Re: [sympy] Modules with(out) copyright information

2010-10-24 Thread James Pearson
On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Priit Laes plaes...@gmail.com wrote: [snip] 2) Some of the modules already contain the brief description about the module. Having short description also helps people get a quick grips about the functionality that's implemented there.. While I agree with the

Re: [sympy] Modules with(out) copyright information

2010-10-24 Thread Ondrej Certik
On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 7:19 PM, James Pearson james.m.pear...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Priit Laes plaes...@gmail.com wrote: [snip] 2) Some of the modules already contain the brief description about the module. Having short description also helps people get a quick