Re: [Cvs-syncmail] What is cvs-syncmail's license?

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>>>>> "Fred" == Fred L Drake, Jr <fd...@ac...> writes:

    >> I started usign cvs-syncmail and I like it a lot. I'd like to
    >> package this for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution. I see a
    >> copyright in docs/syncmail.sgml, but there is no license that
    >> specifies rights of use or redistribution for
    >> cvs-syncmail. Without such a license, I can't distribute
    >> cvs-syncmail as a Debian package.

    Fred> I don't think we've ever really talked much about the
    Fred> license for syncmail, and I'm not sure where to find what
    Fred> license information was provided to SourceForge.  Barry, do
    Fred> you remember how you set it up?

I'm nearly positive I chose "Python license" when I set up the
project.  Certainly the intent was to put a Pythonic license on the
thing, and perhaps eventually donate it to the PSF.

    Fred> If no one can remember what the license is, I'll propose we
    Fred> stick the PSF license on it.  ;-)

Unfortunately, if you actually read the PSF license for Python, it's
pretty specific to Python and the fact that the PSF is the entity that
is actually doing the licensing.  It doesn't really apply out of the
box to syncmail.

We certainly could donate syncmail to the PSF, but there (still :(
) isn't a really great mechanism for doing.  The best that's out there
is a proposed contribution form:

    http://www.python.org/psf/psf-contributor-agreement.html

BTW, I brought this up on the PSF mailing lists back in May, specific
for syncmail.  Like too many other things, we lost interest and the
thread died without traction (I blame myself for that).  At the time,
I proposed the following license.  Note that that it would require
donating the software to the PSF, and then there's the question of who
would need to do the donating (everyone who's committed changes to the
code, just me, etc...)

-Barry

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