[TIP] Unittest Changes

[Michael Foord]

Ben Finney wrote:
> Michael Foord <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk> writes:
>
>   
>> Although I doubt I can open source our [unittest extension] code
>>     
>
> That indicates a possible trap that needs to be avoided.
>
>   

I seriously doubt there is likely to be any problem - but it is 
definitely worth talking it through with them. Thanks

Michael

> You have intimate knowledge (through working with, and presumably
> working on, the code) of a copyrighted work that is very similar to
> work that you're now proposing to get into the Python standard
> library. That unfortunately raises the question, in a hypothetical
> future hostile copyright lawyer's mind, of the copyright status of the
> work.
>
> Michael, could you secure a written public disclaimer from your
> employer to positively assert that the company expressly disclaims all
> proprietary interest in the work you do on unittest?
>
> The disclaimer doesn't need to be long, but it does need to be
> unquestionably the authoritative position of the company, and it does
> need to be explicit about what work is covered.
>
> It would be awful for some future change in company policy to result
> in claims of copyright infringement in the Python standard library,
> even if such claims were to be eventually refuted. It would be wise to
> avoid it now, when it's presumably easy to do.
>
>   


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