+1 to use the real BSD. >But if using the plural "Contributors" text is clearer than the collective "Team", that's fine, too, and changes no meaning.
+1 too. 2016-07-25 8:40 GMT-03:00 MinRK <[email protected]>: > +1 to the change. Not quite sure how we drifted there, but it may well > have been my doing during the split. We have defined in our IPython license > file "The IPython Development Team is the set of all contributors to the > IPython project," so it is already synonymous with Contributors, and has > never been an entity. But if using the plural "Contributors" text is > clearer than the collective "Team", that's fine, too, and changes no > meaning. > > -MinRK > > On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 3:44 AM, Fernando Perez <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I recently noticed that there's something funny about the way our license >> is worded compared to the BSD template... >> >> Our licenses say >> >> "Neither the name of JupyterLab...", "... name of Jupyter...", etc... >> >> But the original BSD template reads ( >> https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause) >> >> "Neither the name of the copyright holder..." >> >> and the term "copyright holder" isn't a variable to template over, just >> the words "copyright holder". In our case, that is "Project Jupyter" in >> some licenses, and I'd argue it should read "Project Jupyter Team" to >> indicate that it's the *people*, not the abstract/legal project entity... >> >> I didn't realize that our licenses had changed in this way, but in a >> sense we are NOT using BSD! We've made a subtle but important change, as >> we've basically added a trademark barrier in the third clause (hence this >> question the person is asking), whereas the original third clause is about >> *endorsement of promotion*. >> >> I had never noticed this, but I would argue that our licenses should: >> >> 1. All read: >> >> Copyright... The Project Jupyter Development Team. >> >> >> This would convey the fact that we're talking about the people who wrote >> the code. It's our shorthand for the union of all `git shortlog -sne`... >> >> >> 2. Actually use the real BSD license text, not some subtly modified >> version. That means that other than filling in the placeholders, we leave >> the body of text unmodified. >> >> >> What do people think? >> >> Cheers, >> >> ps - sorry that I'm sending this and going offline, the discussion >> started on the council list and Jason correctly pointed out that this is >> really an open topic... Reposting here for reference, hopefully others can >> provide feedback in my absence. >> >> -- >> Fernando Perez (@fperez_org; http://fperez.org) >> fperez.net-at-gmail: mailing lists only (I ignore this when swamped!) >> fernando.perez-at-berkeley: contact me here for any direct mail >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Project Jupyter" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jupyter/CAHAreOoQjN%2BA41qoyXy5ZUUjL_kL9g8Xd2RVMdWvJ_eW62wToQ%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jupyter/CAHAreOoQjN%2BA41qoyXy5ZUUjL_kL9g8Xd2RVMdWvJ_eW62wToQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Project Jupyter" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jupyter/CAHNn8BUJ0FC4HqTkPM6Cd0L0F6HUQdCOozPNgW3YLP%2Br3fVc-g%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jupyter/CAHNn8BUJ0FC4HqTkPM6Cd0L0F6HUQdCOozPNgW3YLP%2Br3fVc-g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- *Damián* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Project Jupyter" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jupyter/CAH%2BmRR0QUXo6SQ0CKL6FFzM6vBufO5kNZ2r4Bob11kfSjKxLQg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
