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On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 06:14:23PM -0800, Matt Turner wrote: |
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> On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@g.o> wrote: |
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> > Just ask anyone who has had to get their company to sign the FSF |
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> > copyright assignment paperwork, for just how hard that was, and how long |
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> > it took. |
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> It took my university, who had no rational reason to own any of my |
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> work, six months to sign the FSF's paperwork for a really simple bug |
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> fix. By the time they decided they didn't care about owning my work, |
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> it was April and I was graduating in May. They seriously asked me |
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> whether I would just wait to submit the work until after I graduated |
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> since it would be so much easier for them. |
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What was your university's claim to ownership of the bugfix? |
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If they had a copyright claim because you worked on using school |
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systems, during paid time, then it shouldn't have made any difference |
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you were graduating: they would still own the code after you graduated. |
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Similarly for any all-encompassing clauses like those found in some US |
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employment contracts. |
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So, if were able to submit it on your own after graduating, I don't see |
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why you couldn't have done that prior to graduating. |
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Robin Hugh Johnson |
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Gentoo Linux: Developer, Trustee & Infrastructure Lead |
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E-Mail : robbat2@g.o |
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