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

[M.-A. Lemburg]

On 25.07.2013 16:21, anatoly techtonik wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 4:57 PM, David Mertz <mertz at gnosis.cx> wrote:
>> ALL changes to code or documentation distributed by the PSF require a CLA.
>> we do not and cannot draw some line between 'big' and 'small' changes to
>> skip CLA for some.
> 
> You can not draw the line, because you didn't define the concept, right?
> You don't want to define the concept and draw the line, because it
> will be additional legal burden to sort changes to 'big' and 'small',
> right?
> 
> But from the legal point of view, does really fixing a typo means
> you're making a derivative work and your edit is subject to copyright
> law?
> 
> 
> If Wikipedia required to sign CLA, there would be much less valuable
> content than it is now. The same is true for Python docs. If copyright
> laws allows small edits, it is good to know the limits to enable more
> contributions from people.

Why argue about this ?

If you don't want to sign the CLA that's fine.

File a doc bug with a listing of typos and someone who did sign
a CLA will eventually create the patch that's necessary to fix
them.

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