> First thing first, you need to find out if you are an > "employee", not in the normal sense, but legal sense.
You're right. I know there has been a lot of case law to come down the pike over the years, due to all sorts of issues. One of my friends is a cab driver. His contract says that he is an independent contractor. Yet his state (Oregon) has three criteria that have to be met. One of these is he has to set his own hours. He doesn't; the cab company tells him when he works. This fails the independent contractor test, so the cab company is legally exposed if any of the cabbies wants to press any employment-law issues. So there are too many variables and unknowns, and it varies by jurisdiction. I started this thread under the mistaken hope that there was some sort of license that would force the code to stay open source. Although that isn't realistic, it doesn't change the fact that I should choose a license that best fits my needs. I will consult a lawyer about these issues. Also, if my client/employer won't let me keep my code, I'll just have to keep my code away from them. Maybe I can find a commercial tool and tell them that they will have to buy that. Ron Britton nk67v8o02 at sneakemail.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
