Issue 7755: copyright clarification for audiotest.au (original) (raw)

Created on 2010-01-22 10:05 by doko, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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File name Uploaded Description Edit
audiotest.au barry,2010-03-04 20:15
guido.au barry,2010-03-09 14:37
Messages (11)
msg98141 - (view) Author: Matthias Klose (doko) * (Python committer) Date: 2010-01-22 10:05
[forwarded from http://bugs.debian.org/565713] If the bug submitter is correct about these, it would be nice to replace these, or clarify the copyright for these files. "the python source packages contain a non-free audio clip that is from Monty Python's Flying Circus, which is Copyright 1969. i doubt that the copyright holders have put any of that material into the public domain, and the copyright term has not yet expired. the files are: ./Lib/test/audiotest.au ./Lib/email/test/data/audiotest.au "
msg100410 - (view) Author: Barry A. Warsaw (barry) * (Python committer) Date: 2010-03-04 19:51
Any ideas on how to generate .au files these days? We should fix this.
msg100411 - (view) Author: Ezio Melotti (ezio.melotti) * (Python committer) Date: 2010-03-04 19:55
There's an old discussion about this on python-dev: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-October/049578.html
msg100414 - (view) Author: Barry A. Warsaw (barry) * (Python committer) Date: 2010-03-04 20:15
Let's go back to using this file. It's taken from Python 1.5.1 and it's me saying "My hovercraft is full of eels". I've already signed the contributor agreement.
msg100719 - (view) Author: Barry A. Warsaw (barry) * (Python committer) Date: 2010-03-09 14:06
Hi Martin, Conventional wisdom on #python-dev is that you have a Solaris machine that you could test this on. Can you do that? I'd like to get this patch into 2.6.6 if it works.
msg100723 - (view) Author: Barry A. Warsaw (barry) * (Python committer) Date: 2010-03-09 14:37
Or maybe this one :)
msg102274 - (view) Author: Benjamin Peterson (benjamin.peterson) * (Python committer) Date: 2010-04-03 15:28
Lowering priority.
msg103848 - (view) Author: VanL (VanL) Date: 2010-04-21 14:10
However, a 3 second clip used for testing purposes in an open source programming language appears to meet the guidelines for fair use in the United States. In particular, no one is going to use the test clip as a substitute for any part of the Monty Python skit. There is no trading on the content of the clip to capture any value whatsoever; it could be a test beep and it would serve the same purpose. In short, I think this could go on under fair use principles until there was some sort of complaint. That said, the content of the sound file really doesn't matter in this instance. It could be replaced by a clip of Barry saying "My hovercraft is full of eels" and the same functionality would be preserved.
msg103849 - (view) Author: Antoine Pitrou (pitrou) * (Python committer) Date: 2010-04-21 14:17
Shouldn't "My hovercraft is full of eels" be considered an original creation of the Monty Python, and as such copyrighted?
msg103850 - (view) Author: Barry A. Warsaw (barry) * (Python committer) Date: 2010-04-21 14:55
Note that guido.au is just him saying some crazy sh*t and I'm fairly certain couldn't be construed as copyrighted material (unless Guido is going to assert copyright over it :)
msg105054 - (view) Author: Barry A. Warsaw (barry) * (Python committer) Date: 2010-05-05 16:18
trunk: r80793 py3k: 80795
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:56:56 admin set github: 52003
2010-05-05 16🔞40 barry set status: open -> closedresolution: fixedmessages: +
2010-05-05 13:54:50 barry set assignee: loewis -> barry
2010-04-21 14:55:20 barry set messages: +
2010-04-21 14:17:00 pitrou set nosy: + pitroumessages: +
2010-04-21 14:10:45 VanL set nosy: + VanLmessages: +
2010-04-03 15:28:34 benjamin.peterson set priority: release blocker -> criticalnosy: + benjamin.petersonmessages: +
2010-03-19 23:12:12 barry set priority: deferred blocker -> release blocker
2010-03-09 14:37:56 barry set files: + guido.aumessages: +
2010-03-09 14:06:22 barry set priority: normal -> deferred blockerassignee: loewiskeywords: + needs reviewnosy: + loewismessages: + stage: test needed
2010-03-04 20:15:09 barry set files: + audiotest.aumessages: +
2010-03-04 19:55:47 ezio.melotti set messages: +
2010-03-04 19:51:48 barry set messages: +
2010-03-04 19:29:33 barry set nosy: + barry
2010-01-22 19:42:28 ezio.melotti set priority: normalnosy: + ezio.melotti
2010-01-22 10:05:53 doko create