On 05/04/2015 08:32, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
Nor does he ever share any content with the community; historically he has been a CLA refusenik. (To be fair, he may have changed in the interval since he was banned from the list and when the ban was lifted, but he hasn't said so yet.) Ironically enough, a PEP is about the only thing he's willing to provide the necessary legal authority to incorporate in Python! (At least, I don't recall being asked for a CLA to contribute to a PEP.)
Rather difficult to have legal problems with the PEP copyright notice that always states "This document has been placed in the public domain.", or is that tempting fate? :)