Hi Andrew,

After some negotiation and emails it seems that the management is ok with me
putting my flash driver code in open source. I talked to my manager and he
said the email from them saying "Go Ahead With This" (Attached) will
suffice. Do I still need to get more stuff from them.

Also I was thinking if I rewrite the drivers at home from scratch, can I put
them in open source. Is there a standard letter I can send the management
saying I am working from home on something similar and if they are OK with
that.

-vivek

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Lunn [mailto:andrew.lunn@ascom.ch]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 12:04 AM
> To: Vivek Kumar
> Cc: ecos-maintainers@ecos.sourceware.org
> Subject: Re: Assignment query
> 
> 
> On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 03:54:48PM -0700, Vivek Kumar wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I wrote a Flash Driver Code for the company I am working for and
> > would like to release it to ecos. They seem to be open to that but
> > the problem I had in this is that the company still wants to use the
> > code in the proprietary system.
> >
> > I Was wondering if there are some standard license agreements where
> > they give up the copyright for the source-code but still maintain
> > non-exclusive rights for them and there distributors to use the code
> 
> The standard eCos Assignment can be found at
> http://ecos.sourceware.org/assign.html
> 
> The second paragraph says:
> 
>    Upon thirty days prior written notice, eCosCentric Limited 
> agrees to
> grant me non-exclusive rights to use the Work (i.e. just my changes
> and enhancements, not eCos as a whole) as I see fit; (and
> eCosCentric's rights shall otherwise continue unchanged).
> 
> So what you want is not a problem. Simply invoke this clause. 
> 
>    Andrew
> 



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