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<br>Hi ya,<br><br>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.<br><br>In the UK at least, a developers IP cannot be hijacked by a company contract. If you write some code while working for X, then X has free usage of that IP and may restrict you from using the same IP for company Y, but only for a limited time (ie 5 years)… The IP you came up with is still yours and a contract that claims your IP can (and has been in a court of law) judged to be null and void.<br><br>The problem is proving it!!! <br><br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> From: jeanpierreda@gmail.com<br>> Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 15:00:11 -0400<br>> Subject: Re: Open Source: you're doing it wrong - the Pyjamas hijack<br>> To: lamialily@cleverpun.com<br>> CC: python-list@python.org<br>> <br>> On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 2:45 PM, Temia Eszteri <lamialily@cleverpun.com> wrote:<br>> > And you know what? Leighton was right to threaten legal action. What<br>> > you did was not only in violation of his IP, but also multiple data<br>> > theft laws.<br>> <br>> As far as copyright goes, it was open source, so he's allowed to<br>> continue making modifications. I don't think Luke had any patents.<br>> <br>> There might be something with stealing the name "PyJS" (which was,<br>> AFAIK, used as a synonym for "PyJamas") -- apparently "common law<br>> trademark" is a thing. Otherwise...<br>> <br>> The domain was apparently not directly owned by Luke (but pointed to a<br>> server luke administered), and its transfer was apparently consensual.<br>> <br>> It seems like nearly every evil thing the hijacker did is legally<br>> permissible. The one other thing was the way he created the new<br>> mailing list might not have been legal, apparently. (See<br>> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2012-May/1291804.html ).<br>> <br>> -- Devin<br>> -- <br>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list<br></div> </div></body>
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