[Python-Dev] Mesenne Twister copyright notice

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Martin v. L=F6wis wrote:
> Jack Jansen wrote:
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>> On the other thread: will including the copyright=20
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>> don't always ship the documentation?=20
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> This is exactly my concern. It is essentially for people producing=20
> binary distributions to decide how they want this to be organized.
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>> Or should we put this in a special section that is always shipped,=20
>> even with binary installers that don't include documentation?
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> For the specific case in question, I think MAL's suggestion of adding=20
> yet another file is sufficient - maintainers of binary distributions=20
> then need to collect all those text files and distribute them. Complyin=
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> solve for themselves - the source distribution can only prepare things=20
> in a way that makes complying simple.

In a later mail I suggested adding these licenses to the standard
Python license file. This should probably be done as new section
explaining to which code the license applies and where the code
was obtained from.

Then binary distributions would only have to include this one
file (which they have to include anyway, since the Python license
requires this).

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Marc-Andre Lemburg
CEO eGenix.com Software GmbH
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