Yes, it's called "the apache license" - and I'm pretty sure setuptools rejected requiring that for good reason :-).
CLAs are a much bigger issue and are generally quite controversial. Having one is nice if you need to do some kind of legal action but they are also a big impediment to contribution, and tracking them is a nightmare. Not to mention the fact that there's almost no point unless you can go back and get one from everyone who has ever contributed. -g > On Aug 12, 2016, at 11:52 AM, Nick Timkovich <prometheus...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Might be wandering away from simply tacking on a license, but some related > legalese: Is there some canned contributor license agreement (CLA) that could > also be applied to make clear that contributors must license their > contributions to the project(s) in kind? Python has it's own > (https://www.python.org/psf/contrib/ <https://www.python.org/psf/contrib/>) > but that seems very formal. Is there a simpler one that just makes it > implicit that 'submitting a patch/PR = you agree to license that code to the > project for redistribution" or whatever. > > On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 12:34 PM, Glyph Lefkowitz <gl...@twistedmatrix.com > <mailto:gl...@twistedmatrix.com>> wrote: > Thanks for submitting this PR, Ian! :) > > > On Aug 12, 2016, at 6:24 AM, Ian Cordasco <graffatcolmin...@gmail.com > > <mailto:graffatcolmin...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > Thanks for that Geoffrey. There's a PR to add it as Jason decided to > > accept it. I think we can all relax now. Okay? > > > > On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 8:00 AM, Geoffrey Spear <geoffsp...@gmail.com > > <mailto:geoffsp...@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> It seems a bit silly to claim that a license that contains the sentence > >> "The > >> above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all > >> copies or substantial portions of the Software" shouldn't have a copy > >> included with the software it applies to since it literally says you need > >> it. > >> > >> (IANAL) > >> > >> On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 10:45 PM, Eric Dill <thediz...@gmail.com > >> <mailto:thediz...@gmail.com>> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi Claude, > >>> > >>> There was a recent discussion of the lack of a license file in setuptools > >>> here: https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/612 > >>> <https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/612> and another important > >>> discussion here: https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/132 > >>> <https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/132>. This is > >>> probably the most relevant quotable bit from those two issues, from Jason > >>> Coombs (the primary developer of setuptools: > >>> > >>> "The [License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License] classifier isn't a > >>> suggestion but a declaration and follows the distutils guide for > >>> declaring a > >>> license. I consider inclusion of a license file redundant and error > >>> prone." > >>> > >>> Hopefully this resolves your issue about not having an explicit license > >>> file. > >>> > >>> Best, > >>> > >>> Eric > >>> > >>> On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 10:20 PM Marinier, Claude > >>> <claude.marin...@lmco.com <mailto:claude.marin...@lmco.com>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Good afternoon (well it’s afternoon here in the EDT zone), > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> I am in the process of requesting the installation of Python 3 with > >>>> matplotlib. The company needs to approve licenses but I cannot find the > >>>> license for setuptools. The description here says it uses an MIT license > >>>> but > >>>> I cannot confirm this. On github, the file setup.py says the same thing. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Could the maintainer please add an explicit license file. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> I would really like to use matplotlib but will not get approval unless we > >>>> can confirm the license. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Thank you. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> > >>>> Claude Marinier > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org > >>>> <mailto:Distutils-SIG@python.org> > >>>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig > >>>> <https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org > >>> <mailto:Distutils-SIG@python.org> > >>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig > >>> <https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig> > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org > >> <mailto:Distutils-SIG@python.org> > >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig > >> <https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org > > <mailto:Distutils-SIG@python.org> > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig > > <https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig> > > _______________________________________________ > Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org > <mailto:Distutils-SIG@python.org> > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig > <https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig> >
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