Re: [Python-Dev] Making it possible to accept contributions without CLA (was: My thinking about the development process)

2014-12-09 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Dec 09, 2014, at 07:42 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote: >A more restricted CLA that limited the PSF's outgoing licence choices to >OSI approved open source licenses might address some of the concerns >without causing problems elsewhere, but the combination of being both >interested in core development a

Re: [Python-Dev] Making it possible to accept contributions without CLA (was: My thinking about the development process)

2014-12-09 Thread Nick Coghlan
On 9 Dec 2014 08:47, "Barry Warsaw" wrote: > > On Dec 09, 2014, at 09:31 AM, Ben Finney wrote: > > >Rather, I'm asking what, specifically, necessitates this situation. > > > >What would need to change, for the PSF to accept contributions to the > >Python copyrighted works, without requiring the co

Re: [Python-Dev] Making it possible to accept contributions without CLA

2014-12-08 Thread Ben Finney
Ethan Furman writes: > Well, this is the wrong mailing list for those questions. Thanks. I addressed the claim here where it was made; but you're right that a different forum is better for an ongoing discussion about this topic. Barry Warsaw writes: > My understanding is that the PSF needs t

Re: [Python-Dev] Making it possible to accept contributions without CLA (was: My thinking about the development process)

2014-12-08 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Dec 09, 2014, at 09:31 AM, Ben Finney wrote: >Rather, I'm asking what, specifically, necessitates this situation. > >What would need to change, for the PSF to accept contributions to the >Python copyrighted works, without requiring the contributor to do >anything but license the work under Apac

Re: [Python-Dev] Making it possible to accept contributions without CLA

2014-12-08 Thread Ethan Furman
On 12/08/2014 02:31 PM, Ben Finney wrote: > Eric Snow writes: > >> There's no real way around this, is there? […] the CLA part is pretty >> unavoidable. > > The PSF presently madates that any contributor to Python sign > http://legacy.python.org/psf/contrib/contrib-form/contributor-agreement.pdf

[Python-Dev] Making it possible to accept contributions without CLA (was: My thinking about the development process)

2014-12-08 Thread Ben Finney
Eric Snow writes: > There's no real way around this, is there? […] the CLA part is pretty > unavoidable. The PSF presently madates that any contributor to Python sign http://legacy.python.org/psf/contrib/contrib-form/contributor-agreement.pdf> the “Contributor Agreement”. This is a unilateral gr