Re: [pydotorg-www] License of website

2012-04-20 Thread Carl Karsten
Will someone confirm this hunch: In general, we want to figure out how to allow the content to be distributed without negative consequences. What are the possible negative consequences? I agree that no one is going to cause a fuss about their content being distributed as described. Except for u

Re: [pydotorg-www] License of website

2012-04-20 Thread Michael Foord
On 20 Apr 2012, at 15:03, Stefan Drees wrote: > Hello dear pythonic list members, > > although mirroring of the python website is not "needed" anymore, > no one ever told the various contributors, that this is now a guaranteed > "feature". > > So I think, if someone offers "the internet in a b

Re: [pydotorg-www] License of website

2012-04-20 Thread Stefan Drees
Hello dear pythonic list members, although mirroring of the python website is not "needed" anymore, no one ever told the various contributors, that this is now a guaranteed "feature". So I think, if someone offers "the internet in a box" for institutions in countries, where access to the inte

Re: [pydotorg-www] License of website

2012-04-20 Thread Michael Foord
On 19 Apr 2012, at 23:54, mar...@v.loewis.de wrote: > > Zitat von Michael Foord : > >> Hey all, >> >> What is the license of the python.org website content? The website has a >> copyright message but no license. We have a request on the webmaster alias >> for permission to distribute the web

Re: [pydotorg-www] License of website

2012-04-20 Thread anatoly techtonik
On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 1:54 AM, wrote: > > We could ask a lawyer for a recommendation, but my personal feeling > is that copying the entire website is not ok. Many people have contributed > to it, in particular to the wiki and the mailing list archives, and many > might be assuming that their co

Re: [pydotorg-www] License of website

2012-04-20 Thread anatoly techtonik
On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 1:12 AM, Michael Foord wrote: > Hey all, > > What is the license of the python.org website content? The website has a > copyright message but no license. We have a request on the webmaster alias > for permission to distribute the website "to people lacking Internet access

Re: [pydotorg-www] License of website

2012-04-19 Thread martin
Zitat von Michael Foord : Hey all, What is the license of the python.org website content? The website has a copyright message but no license. We have a request on the webmaster alias for permission to distribute the website "to people lacking Internet access via the eGranary Digital Libr

[pydotorg-www] License of website

2012-04-19 Thread Michael Foord
Hey all, What is the license of the python.org website content? The website has a copyright message but no license. We have a request on the webmaster alias for permission to distribute the website "to people lacking Internet access via the eGranary Digital Library". That sounds fine, but the