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On 19/11/2012 14:45, Richard Yao wrote: |
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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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Lots. |
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> Alternatively, do people working for companies in Europe retain |
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> copyright over everything that they did while employed? |
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During their spare time, yes, as far as I can tell (but obviously I'm |
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not a lawyer). Usually that matter is settled with the employment |
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contract you sign (or otherwise with a specific agreement for |
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contractual work). As far as I can tell in neither case you're losing |
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your "author's rights", but you're giving the company the ability to do |
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what they want with the code. |
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Again, this should be handled through the Foundation, so ask the |
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Trustees or if you don't want to, ask FSFe or SFLC. |
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Diego Elio Pettenò — Flameeyes |
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