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

[M.-A. Lemburg]

On 26.07.2013 09:16, anatoly techtonik wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 5:47 PM, M.-A. Lemburg <mal at egenix.com> wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> This assumption about me is wrong. I want to understand how things
> work before I sign them, and I don't require appraisal for my
> position.

Please read the resp. documentation about the CLA:

http://www.python.org/psf/contrib/
http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/moinmoin/PythonSoftwareFoundationLicenseFaq
http://www.python.org/psf/contrib/contrib-form/

The first link very clearly outlines how the CLA works.

If you have specific questions to ask, feel free to ask them
here.

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