From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14502 invoked by alias); 27 Aug 2004 06:56:07 -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 14469 invoked from network); 27 Aug 2004 06:56:07 -0000 Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 06:56:00 -0000 From: Andrew Lunn To: "Kumar, Vivek" Cc: "'Andrew Lunn'" , Vivek Kumar , ecos-maintainers@ecos.sourceware.org Subject: Re: Assignment query Message-ID: <20040827065555.GB17010@biferten.ma.tech.ascom.ch> References: <0175EEA85416D811893E009027D0F5D7938A05@MAILHOST> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0175EEA85416D811893E009027D0F5D7938A05@MAILHOST> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-SW-Source: 2004-08/txt/msg00037.txt.bz2 On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 04:03:03PM -0700, Kumar, Vivek wrote: > 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. Jifl should give the final word on this, but i would prefer it if the company signed the normal paperwork. > 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. You should check your contract. Some contracts say that everything you do is theres, no matter if you do it at work or at home. Since we don't know what your contract says, we prefer to have an agreement from your employer anyway, just to be safe. Andrew