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On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Derek Homeier <
de...@as...> wrote:
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> On 03.07.2013, at 10:03PM, Damon McDougall <dam...@gm...>
> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Michael Droettboom <md...@st...>
> wrote:
> > [Apologies for cross-posting]
> >
> > The matplotlib developers want to hear from you!
> >
> > We are conducting a user survey to determine how and where matplotlib is
> being used in order to focus its further development.
> >
> > This should only take a couple of minutes. To fill it out, visit:
> >
> >
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dHpQS25pcTZIRWdqX0pNckNSU01sMHc6MQ
> >
> > Please forward to your colleagues, particularly those who don't read
> these mailing lists.
> >
> > The question, "You *primarily* use matplotlib for..." informs me to
> "check all that apply", but the answers are radio buttons, not check boxes.
> >
> > I'm not sure I have rights to change it.
> >
> But you really only can use it for one thing primarily, right? The "check
> all that apply" seems out of place here.
>
Alright. That works too. Thanks :)
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On 03.07.2013, at 10:03PM, Damon McDougall <dam...@gm...> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Michael Droettboom <md...@st...> wrote:
> [Apologies for cross-posting]
> 
> The matplotlib developers want to hear from you!
> 
> We are conducting a user survey to determine how and where matplotlib is being used in order to focus its further development.
> 
> This should only take a couple of minutes. To fill it out, visit:
> 
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dHpQS25pcTZIRWdqX0pNckNSU01sMHc6MQ
> 
> Please forward to your colleagues, particularly those who don't read these mailing lists.
> 
> The question, "You *primarily* use matplotlib for..." informs me to "check all that apply", but the answers are radio buttons, not check boxes.
> 
> I'm not sure I have rights to change it.
> 
But you really only can use it for one thing primarily, right? The "check all that apply" seems out of place here.
Cheers,
					Derek
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On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Michael Droettboom <md...@st...> wrote:
> [Apologies for cross-posting]
>
> The matplotlib developers want to hear from you!
>
> We are conducting a user survey to determine how and where matplotlib is
> being used in order to focus its further development.
>
> This should only take a couple of minutes. To fill it out, visit:
>
> https://docs.google.com/**spreadsheet/viewform?**fromEmail=true&formkey=**
> dHpQS25pcTZIRWdqX0pNckNSU01sMH**c6MQ<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dHpQS25pcTZIRWdqX0pNckNSU01sMHc6MQ>
>
> Please forward to your colleagues, particularly those who don't read these
> mailing lists.
>
The question, "You *primarily* use matplotlib for..." informs me to "check
all that apply", but the answers are radio buttons, not check boxes.
I'm not sure I have rights to change it.
>
> Cheers,
> Michael Droettboom, and the matplotlib team
>
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Stop C0200
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78712-1229

On 07/02/2013 07:51 PM, Nathaniel Smith wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Michael Droettboom <md...@st...> wrote:
>> As many of you are well aware, John Hunter has been the sole copyright
>> holder on matplotlib from the beginning. I'm sorry it's taken nearly a year
>> to do this (as can often happen in sad situations like this), but I think we
>> do need to address it going forward.
>>
>> I have a PR for this change in #2195.
>>
>> Heavily influenced by the IPython licensing, I propose to move us to a
>> shared copyright model, where authors retain copyright on their individual
>> contributions, but the code base as a whole belongs to the entire community
>> of contributors.
> Purely as a legal matter, I believe that what you mean is, you're
> suggesting updating the documentation in the source files to more
> accurately reflect the current model? Unless everyone's been signing
> written documents transferring their copyright (which is the only
> effective way to transfer copyright in the US and AFAIK most other
> jurisdictions), then right now matplotlib's copyright is owned by the
> community of contributors, and has been so long as there have been
> contributors.
>
IANAL, but I assumed as much. The real problem I'm trying to resolve is 
that the explicitly specified copyright (whether it applies or not) is 
still John Hunter.
IPython changed from explicitly listing individuals in their copyright 
line to referring to the IPython community fairly recently, and 
obviously under different circumstances. Fernando -- was there a 
particular impetus for that or model you were following?
Mike

On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Michael Droettboom <md...@st...> wrote:
> As many of you are well aware, John Hunter has been the sole copyright
> holder on matplotlib from the beginning. I'm sorry it's taken nearly a year
> to do this (as can often happen in sad situations like this), but I think we
> do need to address it going forward.
>
> I have a PR for this change in #2195.
>
> Heavily influenced by the IPython licensing, I propose to move us to a
> shared copyright model, where authors retain copyright on their individual
> contributions, but the code base as a whole belongs to the entire community
> of contributors.
Purely as a legal matter, I believe that what you mean is, you're
suggesting updating the documentation in the source files to more
accurately reflect the current model? Unless everyone's been signing
written documents transferring their copyright (which is the only
effective way to transfer copyright in the US and AFAIK most other
jurisdictions), then right now matplotlib's copyright is owned by the
community of contributors, and has been so long as there have been
contributors.
-n