intellectual property agreements and open source . was - Re: Whydoes this fail? [2]

[Delaney, Timothy C (Timothy)]

> From: Dave Murray
> 
> After re-reading this part, I can see that it is an idea that 
> I like. How
> does participating in open source work for someone (me) who 
> has signed the
> customary intellectual property agreement with the 
> corporation that they
> work for?

The best thing to do is get an explicit exemption - in writing - either for the project as a whole (in this case Python) or for particular aspects. That way there should be no argument.

Tim Delaney