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Use BSD0 license for code in docs#84064
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@toddrjen
toddrjen
mannequin
opened on Mar 7, 2020
BPO 39883
Nosy @gvanrossum, @terryjreedy, @ned-deily, @bbayles, @miss-islington, @toddrjen
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  • bpo-39883: Use BSD0 license for code in docs #17635
  • [3.9] bpo-39883: Use BSD0 license for code in docs (GH-17635) #22073
  • [3.8] bpo-39883: Use BSD0 license for code in docs (GH-17635) #22074
  • bpo-39883: Update macOS installer copy of LICENSE. #22235
  • [3.9] bpo-39883: Update macOS installer copy of LICENSE. (GH-22235) #22236
  • [3.8] bpo-39883: Update macOS installer copy of LICENSE. (GH-22235) #22237
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closed_at = <Date 2020-09-14.17:58:40.131>
created_at = <Date 2020-03-07.03:50:57.242>
labels = ['type-feature', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', 'docs']
title = 'Use BSD0 license for code in docs'
updated_at = <Date 2020-09-14.17:58:40.130>
user = 'https://github.com/toddrjen'

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    activity = <Date 2020-09-14.17:58:40.130>
actor = 'gvanrossum'
assignee = 'docs@python'
closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2020-09-14.17:58:40.131>
closer = 'gvanrossum'
components = ['Documentation']
creation = <Date 2020-03-07.03:50:57.242>
creator = 'toddrjen'
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issue_num = 39883
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nosy_names = ['gvanrossum', 'terry.reedy', 'ned.deily', 'docs@python', 'bbayles', 'miss-islington', 'toddrjen']
pr_nums = ['17635', '22073', '22074', '22235', '22236', '22237']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'fixed'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue39883'
versions = ['Python 3.8', 'Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10']

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    1. toddrjen commented on Mar 7, 2020

      @toddrjen
      toddrjenmannequin
      on Mar 7, 2020
      MannequinAuthor

      Currently using code examples and recipes from the documentation is complicated by the fact that they are all under the Python 2.0 license. Putting them under a more permissive license, particular the BSD0 license, would make them much easier to use in other projects.

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    6. terryjreedy commented on Mar 14, 2020

      @terryjreedy
      terryjreedy
      on Mar 14, 2020
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      What is the complication? The Python license is already rather permissive. Anyway, there is a name@mail.python.org address for trademark issues, listed on the site, and it might be appropriate for license legal questions also. Or this might be a question for discuss.python.org.

    7. toddrjen commented on Mar 16, 2020

      @toddrjen
      toddrjenmannequin
      on Mar 16, 2020
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      Hi Terry,

      Please take a look at the linked PR. This was already discussed on the python-ideas mailing list and Guido agreed this is a good idea. It is currently waiting on a PSF board decision. Guido requested I create a blurb, and that required a corresponding issue number, so I created this issue.

      But to answer your question, the problem is incorporating code into an existing project. The whole point of examples and recipes is that they be used in other projects. But keeping them under the Python 2.0 license makes this hard, since it requires all the documentation keep that same license. So you can't use, say, an itertools recipe without keeping a separate license for that code, and some way to identify which code falls under that license.

    8. terryjreedy commented on Mar 16, 2020

      @terryjreedy
      terryjreedy
      on Mar 16, 2020
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      OK. I looked at the PR. Normally, issue comes first, with justification and approval status.

    9. gvanrossum commented on Sep 3, 2020

      @gvanrossum
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      on Sep 3, 2020
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      FWIW the PSF board approved the change.

    10. gvanrossum commented on Sep 3, 2020

      @gvanrossum
      gvanrossum
      on Sep 3, 2020
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      New changeset e223d06 by Todd in branch 'master':
      bpo-39883: Use BSD0 license for code in docs (GH-17635)
      e223d06

    11. gvanrossum commented on Sep 3, 2020

      @gvanrossum
      gvanrossum
      on Sep 3, 2020
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      New changeset a5d0232 by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.9':
      bpo-39883: Use BSD0 license for code in docs (GH-17635) (GH-22073)
      a5d0232

    12. gvanrossum commented on Sep 3, 2020

      @gvanrossum
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      on Sep 3, 2020
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      New changeset 9fef7c5 by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.8':
      bpo-39883: Use BSD0 license for code in docs (GH-17635) (GH-22074)
      9fef7c5

    13. gvanrossum commented on Sep 3, 2020

      @gvanrossum
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      on Sep 3, 2020
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      Todd, you have a PR for the pydotorg repo as well, right? Can you link it here?

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    15. toddrjen commented on Sep 5, 2020

      @toddrjen
      toddrjenmannequin
      on Sep 5, 2020
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      The pull request is

      python/python-docs-theme#36

      It doesn't seem to went let me add it to linked pull requests.

    16. ned-deily commented on Sep 14, 2020

      @ned-deily
      ned-deily
      on Sep 14, 2020
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      New changeset 7dbbea7 by Ned Deily in branch 'master':
      bpo-39883: Update macOS installer copy of LICENSE. (GH-22235)
      7dbbea7

    17. miss-islington commented on Sep 14, 2020

      @miss-islington
      miss-islington
      on Sep 14, 2020
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      New changeset 3c618d0 by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.8':
      bpo-39883: Update macOS installer copy of LICENSE. (GH-22235)
      3c618d0

    18. ned-deily commented on Sep 14, 2020

      @ned-deily
      ned-deily
      on Sep 14, 2020
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      New changeset bf7d4d0 by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.9':
      bpo-39883: Update macOS installer copy of LICENSE. (GH-22235) (GH-22236)
      bf7d4d0

    19. gvanrossum commented on Sep 14, 2020

      @gvanrossum
      gvanrossum
      on Sep 14, 2020
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      This looks fully resolved. Thanks again Todd!

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      closed this as completedon Sep 14, 2020
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