From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 19708 invoked by alias); 10 Aug 2004 07:04:23 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ecos-maintainers-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-maintainers-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 19701 invoked from network); 10 Aug 2004 07:04:21 -0000 Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 07:04:00 -0000 From: Andrew Lunn To: Vivek Kumar Cc: ecos-maintainers@ecos.sourceware.org Subject: Re: Assignment query Message-ID: <20040810070416.GA5870@biferten.ma.tech.ascom.ch> References: <20040809225448.EDB075C7A2@willers.employees.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040809225448.EDB075C7A2@willers.employees.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-SW-Source: 2004-08/txt/msg00006.txt.bz2 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