[Python-Dev] Mesenne Twister copyright notice

[Michael McLay]

On Monday 30 December 2002 01:11 am, Skip Montanaro wrote:
>     >> A requirement could be added to the PEP 2 that would require a
>     >> copyright disclosure be included in the package/module so that the
>     >> name "copyright" would retrieve the relevant copyright for that
>     >> package/module. A copyright that did not require disclosure would
>     >> return None.
>
>     Raymond> Though it makes the copyright accessible in a binary
>     Raymond> distribution, I don't think it fulfills the license
>     Raymond> requirements of being in printed in the documentation.
>
> Ah, but now you have a "machine" that will generate the bit of
> documentation you desire as part of the install process (binary or source).

+1

A script to generate the section in the documentation would keep the binary 
distribution in sync with the paper docs.