[Python-modules-team] Bug#709138: Bug report contains non-free content and cannot be processed

[Clint Byrum]

On 2013-05-21 09:59, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> * Scott Kitterman <scott at kitterman.com>, 2013-05-21, 06:20:
>>> What do you mean by "non-free content"?
>> The reporter specified the bug report was covered by non-free 
>> license.
> 
> Oh come on. Sure, it's silly to "release" a bug report under a
> non-free license. But if we suddenly start caring about bug report
> licences, then we might as well shut down the whole BTS, as the vast
> majority of submissions don't come with any license at all.

I am not a laywer, but this is my opinion. Under most definitions of 
copyright, a bug report's copyright belongs to its author. We host them 
in the BTS at their request, so I don't believe we need any further 
license. However if a poster asked to have their material removed, I 
think we'd be obligated to remove it.