From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24132 invoked by alias); 7 Oct 2009 18:30:39 -0000 Received: (qmail 24123 invoked by uid 22791); 7 Oct 2009 18:30:39 -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 18:30:34 +0000 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1MvbHT-0000Ob-2T for ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com; Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:30:31 +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 20:30:31 +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 20:30:31 +0200 To: ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com From: Grant Edwards Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:30:00 -0000 Message-ID: References: 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/msg00043.txt.bz2 On 2009-10-07, Paul D. DeRocco wrote: >> From: Grant Edwards >> >> 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. > > On the ground that software writers may spend 40 hours a week writing for > their employers, but generally spend a lot less working on their on personal > or hobby projects? Yes. Firstly, few people who write software for an employer also do it as a hobby. Based on the people I've worked with over the past 25 years, I'd say less than 10%. Secondly, of those few that do software as a hobby, they spend a lot less than 40hrs a week at it. > I wonder how much of the contributions to eCos fall into > the personal project category. I would guess that very little of the eCos source code was done as a hobby project. The maintainers would have a much better idea, but most of the "donations" that I'm aware of were done on "company time" and then contributed by the employer. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! ... the MYSTERIANS are at in here with my CORDUROY visi.com SOAP DISH!! -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss