On Monday 30 December 2002 01:11 am, Skip Montanaro wrote:
> >> A requirement could be added to the PEP 2 that would require a
> >> copyright disclosure be included in the package/module so that the
> >> name "copyright" would retrieve the relevant copyright for that
> >> package/module. A copyright that did not require disclosure would
> >> return None.
>> Raymond> Though it makes the copyright accessible in a binary
> Raymond> distribution, I don't think it fulfills the license
> Raymond> requirements of being in printed in the documentation.
>> Ah, but now you have a "machine" that will generate the bit of
> documentation you desire as part of the install process (binary or source).
+1
A script to generate the section in the documentation would keep the binary
distribution in sync with the paper docs.