[pydotorg-www] [PSF-Board] Nonprofit Academic Permission Request ::wpmc::10-17250

[Guido van Rossum]

Thanks for the quick resolution, Michael!

I'm glad that we at least give permission for the python.org pages
propery, which all contain a PSF Copyright notice.

I'd like to propose an action item to look into making the Wiki
contents copyrighted by the PSF or implicitly licensed to the PSF as
well, so in the future we can give a full license to the entire site.
The request today shows the value of such a license. I also wonder if
there isn't a way we can consider the wiki contents *as a whole* as a
collection, which appears to be separately copyrightable (IIRC
there've been suits about collections of materials where the
comprising pieces were not copyrightable -- but IANAL and I don't know
if this is possible).

--Guido

On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Michael Foord <michael at python.org> wrote:
> Hello Kristen,
>
> After discussion with the PSF, we can grant you PARTIAL PERMISSION.
>
> You may mirror / redistribute (without modification) the main python.org website, except for the wiki.
>
> The wiki is anything on, or under, the url: http://wiki.python.org/moin/
>
> All the best,
>
> Michael Foord
>
> On 19 Apr 2012, at 22:08, Kristen Tammen wrote:
>
>> Dear Python:
>>
>> The WiderNet Project seeks your permission to distribute "Python Programming Language -- Official Website", published at http://python.org, to people lacking Internet access via the eGranary Digital Library.
>>
>> Please let us tell you about the WiderNet Project and the eGranary Digital Library.
>>
>> The WiderNet Project is non-profit service program in the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Iowa that promotes low-cost information and communication for underserved populations. You can find more information about the WiderNet Project at...
>> http://www.widernet.org
>> The eGranary Digital Library, also known as "The Internet in a Box", is an off-line information store that delivers over 14 million educational resources to people living in underserved areas of the world. Many of our subscriber institutions have no Internet access. Even those who have an Internet connection experience slow, unreliable and very expensive service. Often, teachers, students, and practitioners must pay per minute while online and it literally takes days to search a website. The eGranary Digital Library delivers digital information directly to Web servers inside the institution, bypassing the problem. With the eGranary Digital Library, thousands of people can access the information over their local area networks quickly and at no cost. The eGranary is already installed at over 450 universities, schools, health care centers, and libraries worldwide. You can find more information about the eGranary Digital Library, including a list of over 1,000 authors and organizations
>  who have already donated materials, at...
>> http://www.widernet.org/egranary
>> If you consent, your materials will appear in the eGranary Digital Library without modification, retaining all citations, copyright information, author information, and credits - exactly as they appear on the Internet now.
>>
>> Specifically, we would like permission to:
>>
>> -- Mirror (copy) the following materials for future versions of the eGranary Digital Library:
>>
>> http://python.org
>>
>> -- Distribute the content you donate to participating educational institutions via off-line storage devices.
>>
>> -- Allow project participants to make your materials available to their community via their local intranets (but not on the Internet).
>>
>> -- Create an archive copy of your material on our password-protected intranet server for use in the event that your publicly-available link ceases to function.
>>
>> Please reply directly to this email, and tell us if you give:
>>
>> FULL PERMISSION (Donate requested materials and updates as they become available).
>>
>> PARTIAL PERMISSION (Donate only materials that you specify).
>>
>> NO PERMISSION (Prefer not to participate at this time).
>>
>> We hope that you will join our efforts to provide poor people around the world with access to educational information and resources.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Kristen Tammen
>>
>> ----------------------
>> ____________________________________________________
>>
>>
>> Kristen Tammen
>> Digital Librarian
>> ktammen at widernet.org
>> The WiderNet Project
>>
>> ____________________________________________________________________________
>> ::wpmc::10-17250
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