From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6682 invoked by alias); 7 Oct 2009 14:34:00 -0000 Received: (qmail 6669 invoked by uid 22791); 7 Oct 2009 14:33:59 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from lo.gmane.org (HELO lo.gmane.org) (80.91.229.12) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:33:56 +0000 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1MvXaN-00078t-Cw for ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com; Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:33:47 +0200 Received: from mn-69-34-67-62.sta.embarqhsd.net ([69.34.67.62]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:33:47 +0200 Received: from grant.b.edwards by mn-69-34-67-62.sta.embarqhsd.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:33:47 +0200 To: ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com From: Grant Edwards Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:34:00 -0000 Message-ID: References: <4ACB4740.4030502@ecoscentric.com> <4ACBE0D6.6010601@jifvik.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: slrn/pre0.9.9-102 (Linux) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact ecos-discuss-help@ecos.sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-discuss-owner@ecos.sourceware.org Subject: [ECOS] Re: APB - Copyright assignment X-SW-Source: 2009-10/txt/msg00038.txt.bz2 On 2009-10-07, ??yvind Harboe wrote: > So you're saying that someone can, mistakingly or otherwise, submit > a piece of code to an open source project and that that person, even > if we wrote it from scratch, was not at liberty to do so. Definitely. The copyright for the _vast_ majority of the code written in the US belongs not to the person who wrote it but rather to that person's employer. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Am I in GRADUATE at SCHOOL yet? visi.com -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss