[Python-Dev] copyright ownership

[Antoine Pitrou]

Guido van Rossum <guido <at> python.org> writes:
> 
> Are you a lawyer? Do you know the legal history of Python
> distributions and the US export laws? It's not so easy -- for one, the
> PSF (a US foundation) owns the copyright.

Does it? As far as I understand, the contributor agreement is not a copyright
transfer agreement (« PSF understands and agrees that Contributor retains
copyright in its Contributions »).

Not that it makes the issue easier of course :)

Antoine.