On Wed, 22 Mar 2017 at 07:06 Terry Reedy <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/21/2017 9:18 PM, Victor Stinner wrote: > >> Contributor Agreement > >> ''''''''''''''''''''' > >> > >> Contributions to translated documentation will be requested to sign the > >> Python Contributor Agreement (CLA): > >> > >> https://www.python.org/psf/contrib/contrib-form/ > > > I'm not sure about this requirement, but I'm not a lawyer. I guess > > that in case of doubt, it's better to require it? > > Unless the PSF lawyer says otherwise, I think anything published on > docs.python.org should have the same contribution agreement, PSF > copyright on the collective work, and collective license, which in this > case made it possible for people to do the translations. >
IANAL either, so I would ask if you should use the PSF license versus e.g. Apache. (In the past Van has said that the PSF license shouldn't be used for new projects and instead a more modern license with less cruft should be used). -Brett > > Filling out the online form is trivial, and people should know that they > keep their copyright on what they write and that their contribution to > PSF is permanent but non-exclusive. (This is a much nicer agreement > than scientific journals that require assignment of copyright, which > occasionally results in journals suing researchers for re-using their > own writing.) > > -- > Terry Jan Reedy > > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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