On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 7:37 PM, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Brett Cannon <br...@python.org> wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 5:38 PM, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> Antoine's right on this one - just use and redistribute the upstream > >> components under their existing licenses. CPython itself is different > >> because the PSF has chosen to reserve relicensing privileges for that, > which > >> requires the extra permissions granted in the contributor agreement. > > > > > > But I'm talking about the benchmarks themselves, not the wholesale > inclusion > > of Mako, etc. (which I am not worried about since the code in the > > dependencies is not edited). Can we move the PyPy benchmarks themselves > > (e.g. bm_mako.py that PyPy has) over to the PSF benchmarks without > getting > > contributor agreements. > > The PyPy team need to put a clear license notice (similar to the one > in the main pypy repo) on their benchmarks repo. But yes, I believe > you're right that copying that code as it stands would technically be > a copyright violation, even if the PyPy team intend for it to be > allowed. > > If you're really concerned, check with Van first, but otherwise I'd > just file a bug with the PyPy folks requesting that they clarify the > licensing by adding a LICENSE file and in the meantime assume they > intended for it to be covered by the MIT license, just like PyPy > itself. > > The PSF license is necessary for CPython because of the long and > complicated history of that code base. We can use simpler licenses for > other stuff (like the benchmark suite) and just run with license in = > license out rather than preserving the right for the PSF to change the > license. > > Cheers, > Nick. > > -- > Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia > _______________________________________________ > Speed mailing list > Speed@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/speed > First, I believe all the unalden swallow stuff (including the runner) is under the PSF licence, though you'd have to check the repo for a license file or bug Jeffrey and Collin. Someone (fijal) will add an MIT license for our half of the repo. Alex -- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." -- Evelyn Beatrice Hall (summarizing Voltaire) "The people's good is the highest law." -- Cicero
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