<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 14 August 2013 13:32, M.-A. Lemburg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mal@egenix.com" target="_blank">mal@egenix.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On 14.08.2013 11:17, Antoine Pitrou wrote:<br>
> Le Wed, 14 Aug 2013 11:03:36 +0200,<br>
> "M.-A. Lemburg" <<a href="mailto:mal@egenix.com">mal@egenix.com</a>> a écrit :<br>
>><br>
>> Note that this does not necessarily mean that all code going into<br>
>> the core has to be subject to a CLA. It is still possible to<br>
>> integrate code which has a license compatible with the<br>
>> PSF license, but in general, we'd like to avoid the extra work<br>
>> of having to check and verify such licenses.<br>
><br>
> Is it possible to "check and verify", say, the common form of the<br>
> (ultra-simple) MIT license (*)? That would make it a safe starting point<br>
> for contributors.<br>
><br>
> (*) <a href="http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT" target="_blank">http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT</a><br>
<br>
</div>The "check and verify" step would have to be done on a case-by-case<br>
basis. We would need to make sure that the the copyright holders<br>
mentioned in the license are in fact the copyright holders,<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div style>How is that different from a CLA? Does a CLA mean the PSF has no duty to check the signer had the rights to code they donated? (To say yes is to claim that a CLA provides a defence against a breach-of-copyright claim from a third party, so I'm sceptical. It demonstrates honourable intent - but so does receiving the code under an open source license.)</div>
<div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
check that the license doesn't prevent the PSF from modifying<br>
the PSF license to address future concerns and also pay close<br>
attention to things like patents.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div style>So a standard open source license could be vetted so that this stage does not need to done case-by-case. Which was the original suggestion.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style><br></div><div style>Michael</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<br>
The CLA makes this a lot easier for the PSF and everyone<br>
invovled, which is why we have it :-)<br>
<br>
But we're getting off-topic here. Such things should be discussed<br>
on the python-legal list:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-legal-sig" target="_blank">http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-legal-sig</a><br>
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