On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Antoine Pitrou <solip...@pitrou.net> wrote:

>
> Should we add the MIT license to our benchmarks repo as well?
>

I'm fine with it, although is there an issue with changing it? I know that
the code has no history and thus doesn't strictly need to use the PSF
license, but IANAL.

-Brett


>
> cheers
>
> Antoine.
>
>
>
> On Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:16:34 -0400
> Brett Cannon <br...@python.org> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 6:54 AM, Maciej Fijalkowski <fij...@gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 5:12 AM, Alex Gaynor <alex.gay...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 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
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> > > >
> > > > 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
> > >
> > > Done. PyPy benchmarks are MIT
> >
> >
> > Great! Then I'm happy with moving PyPy benchmarks over wholesale. Are
> there
> > any benchmarks that are *really* good and are thus a priority to move, or
> > any that are just flat-out bad and I shouldn't bother moviing?
> >
>
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