On Thu, Oct 6, 2022 at 8:58 PM Antoni Boucher via Gcc <gcc@gcc.gnu.org>
wrote:

> Hi.
> I contribute to gcc outside of work, but I'm about to sign a new work
> contract which contains a work ownership clause saying that I give the
> ownership to the company of any work not listed in some appendix.
>
> What exactly should I list to make sure my contributions to GCC are not
> affected by this?
> Do I need to do something more than this to make sure there are no
> issues with the FSF copyright assignment?
>
>
We cannot provide legal advice, employment advice or labor advice.

One option is for you to contribute through a copyright assignment by your
company or DCO authorized by your company.  Another option is to enumerate
FOSS projects in your employment agreement, if your company and hiring
manager will permit that.  The term GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) is
interpreted to include the compiler and all components, including runtime
libraries.  You also might consider listing GLIBC, GDB and BINUTILS for
completeness and potential overlap.  Those four components are the terms
used for Free Software Foundation copyright assignment forms and in the FSF
file listing copyright assignments.

Thanks, David