On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Adrian Hunt <cybor...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hi ya, > > Not to be confrontative but just because a project is open-source, it > doesn't mean IP is open too!! The original idea is still property of the > originator... It just has the global community adding their own IP and > fixes. This is a core of corporate contracts ensuring that a developers IP > become freely usable by the company they work for at the time, but their IP > is still their IP.
Luke Leighton was not the originator of the project. James Tauber was, and his original code was a port of Google Web Toolkit. Even if Luke could somehow be considered the "owner" of the project, it was released under the Apache License, which includes a "/perpetual/, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, /irrevocable/ copyright license to reproduce, /prepare Derivative Works of/, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute the Work and such Derivative Works". I don't agree with what Anthony has done, but I don't see how it violates the license in any way or how Luke has any possible recourse through IP claims. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
