Thanks!

On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 8:16 PM, Jason Grout <[email protected]> wrote:
> Makes sense. I've put in a PR to JupyterLab with this change so we can see
> what it looks like: https://github.com/jupyter/jupyterlab/pull/543/files
>
> I also switched the clauses to use numbering, like on the opensource.org
> website template.
>
> Jason
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 11:12 PM Brian Granger <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 7:58 PM, Jason Grout <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > For a specific project, say JupyterLab, should we "JupyterLab
>> > contributors",
>> > to indicate that those individuals who contributed to that specific
>> > project
>> > are the ones that hold copyright? Or should we give the generic "Project
>> > Jupyter Contributors"
>>
>> Because people tend to move fluidly between different
>> repos/subprojects, I would prefer the generic "Project Jupyter
>> Contributors". Also this more easily covers situations where we
>> re-organize code between repos/subprojects, as tends to happen
>> sometimes...
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Brian
>>
>> >
>> > Also, FYI, the Wikipedia text has the place for 'copyright holders' as a
>> > templated term, perhaps that's where we got the other text:
>> >
>> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses#3-clause_license_.28.22Revised_BSD_License.22.2C_.22New_BSD_License.22.2C_or_.22Modified_BSD_License.22.29
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Jason
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 7:50 AM Damián Avila <[email protected]>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> +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.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> --
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