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On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 5:45 PM, Richard Yao <ryao@g.o> wrote: |
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> One of the functions of the foundation exists to handle legal matters. |
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> Is there anything that prevents the foundation from claiming ownership |
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> over work done on Gentoo Infrastructure in the same sense that a |
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> corporation would for its employees? |
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The fact that Gentoo developers aren't employees would be a big |
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problem with that. This isn't work for hire, and maintaining this |
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highly productive email list probably isn't compensation enough to |
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qualify. |
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The only way Gentoo can hold copyright is if individuals donate the |
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rights to their work. And, as has been pointed out, even that gets |
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tricky in some jurisdictions. |
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Rich |
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