[Python-legal-sig] Is CLA required to send and accept edits for Python documentation?

[Jesse Noller]

On Aug 15, 2013, at 10:10 AM, Richard Fontana <fontana at sharpeleven.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 06:45:01AM -0500, Jesse Noller wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On Aug 15, 2013, at 4:06 AM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Wed, 14 Aug 2013 21:15:42 -0500
>>> Jesse Noller <jnoller at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Allowance for redistribution, even under non free licenses. Additionally, you have to account for the Python license itself which is actually a "stack" stemming from the old beOpen days, python labs etc.
>>>> 
>>>> All if this means we also need to worry about copyright assignment for legal redistribution by the PSF, OS vendors, non free implementations, etc.
>>> 
>>> What do you call "non free implementations"? The CPython *source code*
>>> is free and has to stay that way; it is just not copyleft, therefore
>>> not necessarily distributed with binaries.
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> 
>>> Antoine.
>> 
>> I mean that there are many vendors which package the cpython runtime and code in closed, non free packages and runtimes. This includes enthought, ActiveState and others. Having a clear paper trail of copyright assignment and provenance means if they get sued for X and they come to us about it, we have to be able to prove we (therefore they) have the rights to distribute X
> 
> The PSF CLA is not a copyright assignment, though perhaps that doesn't
> affect the point you're making. However I don't think your point makes
> a lot of sense -- why would packaging CPython in nonfree
> packages/runtimes give rise to a greater likelihood of a lawsuit
> against a company such as ActiveState, and/or a greater need for a
> 'paper trail'? 
> 
> BTW since you invoked Red Hat as one of the PSF's downstream
> commercial vendors upthread, I just want to note for the record (IAAL
> at Red Hat) that Red Hat has no need whatsoever for the PSF to
> maintain its CLA policy.
> 
> - RF
> 
> 

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