[Python-Dev] Re: [Patch #103002] Fix for #116285: Properly raise UnicodeErrors

[Martin von Loewis]

[resent since python.org ran out of disk space]
> My only problem with it is your copyright notice. AFAIK, patches to
> the Python core cannot contain copyright notices without proper
> license information. OTOH, I don't think that these minor changes
> really warrant adding a complete license paragraph.

I'd like to get an "official" clarification on this question. Is it
the case that patches containing copyright notices are only accepted
if they are accompanied with license information?

I agree that the changes are minor, I also believe that I hold the
copyright to the changes whether I attach a notice or not (at least
according to our local copyright law).

What concerns me that without such a notice, gencodec.py looks as if
CNRI holds the copyright to it. I'm not willing to assign the
copyright of my changes to CNRI, and I'd like to avoid the impression
of doing so.

What is even more concerning is that CNRI also holds the copyright to
the generated files, even though they are derived from information
made available by the Unicode consortium!

Regards,
Martin