On 22.10.2012 04:40, Andrew Moffat wrote:
I would be interested in relicensing and donating. I am able to reach out to the contributors, and I am pretty positive I could reach out and get the signing off from them. I would be more than willing to maintain the package as well...I'm in it for the long haul, it seems to resonated well with the community throughout its development.
On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Christian Heimes
wrote: Am 21.10.2012 02:33, schrieb Andrew Moffat:
I'm interested in making sh.py more accessible to help bring Python forward in the area of shell scripting, so I'm interested in seeing if sh would be suitable for the standard library. Is there any other interest in something like this?
I like to ignore the technical issues for now and concentrate on the legal and organizational problems.
In order to get sh.py into Python's stdlib you have to relicense and donate the code under the PSF license. You and every contributor must agree on the relicensing. At least you must submit a signed contributor agreement, maybe every contributor. Are you able to get hold of everybody?
Small correction: The contributors would have to sign a contributor agreement with the PSF to enable the PSF to distribute the code under the PSF license: http://www.python.org/psf/contrib/ This usually is much easier to have than a copyright sign-over, since it's only a special license and the copyright remains with the authors.
Are you willing to maintain your code for several years, at least five years or more?
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