Releasing the project under an open source licence

[ana-balica]

We are developing the project within Google Summer of Code program, therefore I assume the project should be released under an open source licence (please correct me if I am wrong).

Basically the issue that I am raising is whether Systers are planning to release the code under an open source licence and if so, which one?

Since the project is not licenced at the moment, the default copyright laws apply, which means the owner retains all the right and nobody may reproduce or distribute.

[econchick]

Very good observation. Ultimately, @rosariorobinson should decide if a license is necessary, and which one is most appropriate. I can imagine that there may be some requirements with GSoC necessitating open sourcing the project, but I am not at all well versed on those reqs.

Take a look at www.choosealicense.com to help decide which would be most appropriate. Also, take a look at other Django-based projects and packages, as 1. It may help you figure out what license is best, especially if it is common to release under a particular license, and 2. You may have to include licenses of the third party packages that you use when distributing.

The Django license can be found here: https://github.com/django/django/blob/master/LICENSE

Also related, will you be making this into a PyPI package? It makes it very easy to install and distribute. However I know this is specific to systers so I don't know how well it'd be used. It would be a great exercise though since you learn how to make proper python packages.

[ana-balica]

Yesterday we had @rosariorobinson on our weekly meeting. Rose said they are aware of the licence question and are working on that. Presumably the final decision will be taken by the end of July. So we are good.

I would like to learn how to package into a PyPI. If Systers are going to be OK with that, we could make a package by the end of GSoC.

[ana-balica]

@rosariorobinson any news with licencing Systers Portal?

[ana-balica]

@rosariorobinson Thank you for adding a licence to the project.