[Python-ideas] PEP: Python Documentation Translations

[Brett Cannon]

On Wed, 22 Mar 2017 at 07:06 Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:

> On 3/21/2017 9:18 PM, Victor Stinner wrote:
> >> Contributor Agreement
> >> '''''''''''''''''''''
> >>
> >> 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.
>

IANAL either, so I would ask if you should use the PSF license versus e.g.
Apache. (In the past Van has said that the PSF license shouldn't be used
for new projects and instead a more modern license with less cruft should
be used).

-Brett


>
> 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.)
>
> --
> Terry Jan Reedy
>
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