[Python-Dev] My CLA

[Brian Curtin]

On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 12:30 PM, Oleg Broytman <phd at phdru.name> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 09:18:58PM +0300, anatoly techtonik <techtonik at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Oleg Broytman <phd at phdru.name> wrote:
>>
>> > On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 03:49:39PM +0300, anatoly techtonik <
>> > techtonik at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > Python Contributor Agreement
>> > > ----------------------------
>> > > I allow PSF to release all my code that I submitted to
>> > > it, under any open source license.
>> >
>> >    Good intention but wrong way of expressing it. Please do it properly --
>> > via a signed paper. You can send it by snail mail, or you can scan it
>> > and send by email.
>>
>> What's wrong with it? Is the text not clear? Or there is a problem to
>> threat email as a document?
>
>    Yes, email is not a legally recognized document. Electronic signature
> *could* make it legally recognizable but it very much depends on the
> organization where you send email to and on the certificate you use to
> sign mail.
>    Contact PSF for details. I doubt python-dev is a proper list to
> discuss PSF-related legal issues.

There are no further details. Either the proper document is signed or it isn't.

Hopefully this is the end of the discussion.

Brian Curtin
Director
Python Software Foundation