[Python-ideas] Top 10 Python modules that need a redesign Was: Geo coordinates conversion in stdlib

Steven D'Aprano steve at pearwood.info
Sun Apr 5 12:09:20 CEST 2015


On Sun, Apr 05, 2015 at 08:48:15AM +0100, Mark Lawrence wrote:

> Rather difficult to have legal problems with the PEP copyright notice 
> that always states "This document has been placed in the public 
> domain.", or is that tempting fate? :)

According to the Creative Commons legal department, it is not always 
possible to attribute a work into the public domain. You can say it is 
public domain, but it isn't, it's still copyrighted, and even if you 
never enforce it, your heirs might.

http://creativecommons.org/about/cc0



-- 
Steve


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