Re: [Python-Dev] Official citation for Python

2018-09-09 Thread Terry Reedy
On 9/9/2018 11:39 PM, Jacqueline Kazil wrote: Terry -- For clarification, the format question was not a style question. It was a reference to the one versus many that I wrote in the explainer. I don't know what you mean by this. Yes... there are many prescribed formats already. That is the e

Re: [Python-Dev] Official citation for Python

2018-09-09 Thread Jacqueline Kazil
Terry -- For clarification, the format question was not a style question. It was a reference to the one versus many that I wrote in the explainer. Yes... there are many prescribed formats already. That is the easy part. -Jackie On Sun, Sep 9, 2018 at 11:33 PM Terry Reedy wrote: > On 9/9/2018 3:

Re: [Python-Dev] Official citation for Python

2018-09-09 Thread Terry Reedy
On 9/9/2018 3:43 PM, Jacqueline Kazil wrote: The PSF has received a few inquiries asking the question — “How do I cite Python?”So, I am reaching out to you all to figure this out. (For those that don’t know my background, I have been in academia for a bit as a Ph.D student and have worked at t

Re: [Python-Dev] Official citation for Python

2018-09-09 Thread Wes Turner
"Python Programming Language" (van Rossum, et. Al) ? Should there be a URL and/or a DOI? Figshare and Zenodo will archive a [e.g. tagged] [GitHub] revision and generate a DOI, AFAIU On Sunday, September 9, 2018, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Sun, Sep 09, 2018 at 03:43:13PM -0400, Jacqueli

Re: [Python-Dev] Official citation for Python

2018-09-09 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sun, Sep 09, 2018 at 03:43:13PM -0400, Jacqueline Kazil wrote: > The PSF has received a few inquiries asking the question — “How do I cite > Python?”So, I am reaching out to you all to figure this out. If you figure it out, it would be lovely to see some movement on this ticket: https://bugs.

Re: [Python-Dev] Why does the Contributor Agreement need my address?

2018-09-09 Thread Richard Damon
On 9/9/18 3:57 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: > On Sun, 9 Sep 2018 15:15:36 -0400 > Terry Reedy wrote: >> On 9/9/2018 1:49 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: >>> On Sat, 8 Sep 2018 23:11:27 -0400 >>> "Joseph C. Sible" wrote: I'm used to signing CLA's that require nothing beyond a name and a check b

Re: [Python-Dev] Why does the Contributor Agreement need my address?

2018-09-09 Thread Matt Arcidy
On Sun, Sep 9, 2018, 12:59 Antoine Pitrou wrote: > > > I'm not sure why anyone would ask that question. because if they can discredit a witness, they will. Matt > > ___ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mail

Re: [Python-Dev] Official citation for Python

2018-09-09 Thread Eric Snow
On Sun, Sep 9, 2018, 14:19 Jacqueline Kazil wrote: > The PSF has received a few inquiries asking the question — “How do I cite > Python?”So, I am reaching out to you all to figure this out. > > (For those that don’t know my background, I have been in academia for a > bit as a Ph.D student and hav

[Python-Dev] Official citation for Python

2018-09-09 Thread Jacqueline Kazil
The PSF has received a few inquiries asking the question — “How do I cite Python?”So, I am reaching out to you all to figure this out. (For those that don’t know my background, I have been in academia for a bit as a Ph.D student and have worked at the Library of Congress writing code to process Ma

Re: [Python-Dev] Why does the Contributor Agreement need my address?

2018-09-09 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Sun, 9 Sep 2018 15:15:36 -0400 Terry Reedy wrote: > On 9/9/2018 1:49 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: > > On Sat, 8 Sep 2018 23:11:27 -0400 > > "Joseph C. Sible" wrote: > >> I'm used to signing CLA's that require nothing beyond a name and a check > >> box. When I went to sign the PSF Contributor Ag

Re: [Python-Dev] Why does the Contributor Agreement need my address?

2018-09-09 Thread Terry Reedy
On 9/9/2018 1:49 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: On Sat, 8 Sep 2018 23:11:27 -0400 "Joseph C. Sible" wrote: I'm used to signing CLA's that require nothing beyond a name and a check box. When I went to sign the PSF Contributor Agreement so I can submit a PR for CPython, I was surprised to see that it

Re: [Python-Dev] Why does the Contributor Agreement need my address?

2018-09-09 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Sat, 8 Sep 2018 23:11:27 -0400 "Joseph C. Sible" wrote: > I'm used to signing CLA's that require nothing beyond a name and a check > box. When I went to sign the PSF Contributor Agreement so I can submit a PR > for CPython, I was surprised to see that it wants my address. Why does the > Python

Re: [Python-Dev] Why does the Contributor Agreement need my address?

2018-09-09 Thread Richard Damon
On 9/8/18 11:46 PM, Tim Peters wrote: > [Joseph C. Sible >> I'm used to signing CLA's that require nothing beyond a name and a check >> box. When I went to sign the PSF Contributor Agreement so I can submit >> a PR for CPython, I was surprised to see that it wants my address. Why >> does the Pytho

Re: [Python-Dev] Why does the Contributor Agreement need my address?

2018-09-09 Thread Steve Holden
On Sun, Sep 9, 2018 at 5:24 AM Joseph C. Sible wrote: > On Sat, Sep 8, 2018 at 11:47 PM Tim Peters wrote: > [...] > > As to why they want an address, you'll have to ask a > > lawyer! There aren't any on this list. So, if you really want to > > pursue this, I suggest you direct the question ins