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This actually seems like fair policy to me, think of the mess Red Hat would be in if IBM decided that they had copyright on your contributions to Cygwin. Or is
by p1necone 8y ago
This actually seems like fair policy to me, think of the mess Red Hat would be in if IBM decided that they had copyright on your contributions to Cygwin.
Or is my understanding of copyright law off base?
- LordDragonfang 8y agoThat's exactly why Red Hat had said permission slips. The ridiculous thing was that IBM refused to sign them
- mcv 8y agoThe ridiculous thing is that IP law makes this necessary.
- qwerty456127 8y ago> if IBM decided that they had copyright on your contributions to Cygwin. How could they decide this if you'd have written the code on a weekend?
- p1necone 8y agoMany employers have clauses about owning any IP you produce while employed there, regardless of whether or not it involved company time or property. Whether said clauses are actually enforceable varies from location to location.
- XorNot 8y agoAka "justice by bank balance and time". At some point software engineering is going to have a union just as a legal defence fund.
- anticensor 8y agoSoftware engineers already have their own chambers of engineers in some states. No need for another trade organization.
- jmalicki 8y agoThe FSF doesn't want to get caught up in a dispute, and thus requires explicit disclaimers of work-for-hire interest from employers https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-assign.en.html https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-assign.en.html