[Python-ideas] PEP: Python Documentation Translations

[Terry Reedy]

On 3/21/2017 9:18 PM, Victor Stinner wrote:
>> Contributor Agreement
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>> Contributions to translated documentation will be requested to sign the
>> Python Contributor Agreement (CLA):
>>
>> https://www.python.org/psf/contrib/contrib-form/

> I'm not sure about this requirement, but I'm not a lawyer. I guess
> that in case of doubt, it's better to require it?

Unless the PSF lawyer says otherwise, I think anything published on 
docs.python.org should have the same contribution agreement, PSF 
copyright on the collective work, and collective license, which in this 
case made it possible for people to do the translations.

Filling out the online form is trivial, and people should know that they 
keep their copyright on what they write and that their contribution to 
PSF is permanent but non-exclusive.  (This is a much nicer agreement 
than scientific journals that require assignment of copyright, which 
occasionally results in journals suing researchers for re-using their 
own writing.)

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Terry Jan Reedy