Re: [Python-Dev] Deciding against the CLA

2013-04-15 Thread Guido van Rossum
Can we get this discussion off python-dev? It's not going to change, and this is not the forum to express your disagreement. On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 12:15 AM, Ben Finney wrote: > Steven D'Aprano writes: > >> On 13/04/13 20:30, Ben Finney wrote: >> > "Stephen J. Turnbull" writes: >> >> A failur

Re: [Python-Dev] Deciding against the CLA

2013-04-15 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Ben Finney writes: > As it currently stands, the Contributor Agreement grants special > legal privilege in the work (the power to unilaterally re-license > the work) to the PSF. "I hate to disagree, Sir, but that turns out to be incorrect."[0] First, it's not the Contributor Agreement, it's t

Re: [Python-Dev] Deciding against the CLA

2013-04-15 Thread Glenn Linderman
On 4/15/2013 12:15 AM, Ben Finney wrote: Steven D'Aprano writes: On 13/04/13 20:30, Ben Finney wrote: "Stephen J. Turnbull" writes: A failure to sign the CLA is already a decision not to contribute to the distribution As someone who cannot in good faith sign the CLA, that characterisation

Re: [Python-Dev] Deciding against the CLA

2013-04-15 Thread Ben Finney
Steven D'Aprano writes: > On 13/04/13 20:30, Ben Finney wrote: > > "Stephen J. Turnbull" writes: > >> A failure to sign the CLA is already a decision not to contribute > >> to the distribution > > > > As someone who cannot in good faith sign the CLA, that > > characterisation is far from accurat

[Python-Dev] Deciding against the CLA

2013-04-14 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Ben Finney writes: > "Stephen J. Turnbull" writes: > > > Mark Lawrence writes: > > > > > People already use the bug tracker as an excuse not to > > > contribute, wouldn't this requirement make the situation > > > worse? > > > > A failure to sign the CLA is already a decision not to co

Re: [Python-Dev] Deciding against the CLA

2013-04-14 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On 13/04/13 20:30, Ben Finney wrote: "Stephen J. Turnbull" writes: Mark Lawrence writes: > People already use the bug tracker as an excuse not to contribute, > wouldn't this requirement make the situation worse? A failure to sign the CLA is already a decision not to contribute to the dis

Re: [Python-Dev] Deciding against the CLA (was: Introducing Electronic Contributor Agreements)

2013-04-13 Thread Brett Cannon
On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 6:30 AM, Ben Finney wrote: > "Stephen J. Turnbull" writes: > >> Mark Lawrence writes: >> >> > People already use the bug tracker as an excuse not to contribute, >> > wouldn't this requirement make the situation worse? >> >> A failure to sign the CLA is already a decision

[Python-Dev] Deciding against the CLA (was: Introducing Electronic Contributor Agreements)

2013-04-13 Thread Ben Finney
"Stephen J. Turnbull" writes: > Mark Lawrence writes: > > > People already use the bug tracker as an excuse not to contribute, > > wouldn't this requirement make the situation worse? > > A failure to sign the CLA is already a decision not to contribute to > the distribution As someone who can