Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 16:29:56 -0600 From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> Subject: Re: Please don't change Beastie to another crap logo such as NetBSD!!! Message-ID: <200502111629.56680.algould@datawok.com> In-Reply-To: <389541039.20050211231100@wanadoo.fr> References: <p06200708be315f521112@[128.113.24.47]> <D73008E2-7C71-11D9-B134-000D933E3CEC@shire.net> <389541039.20050211231100@wanadoo.fr>
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On Friday 11 February 2005 04:11 pm, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC writes: > > Many of the people that work > > on it are paid to work on it by their employers, who are using it > > commercially. > > That would mean that their employers hold a copyright in the FreeBSD > code written by their employees; this is a classic implicit > work-for-hire arrangement. Have these people signed an agreement with > their employers that waives the work-for-hire copyright interest? That's an assumption. We could as easily assume that the employers: 1. contribute the employees' work back to the project under a free license as to benefit from improvements that might be made by the FreeBSD Project; and 2. keep secret stuff out of the FreeBSD Project so that it stays secret; and 3. make policies regarding points #1 and #2 very clear to the developer at the beginning of the employment relationship. We can assume this or that until my keyboard runs out of monitor ink; but there's been enough cynicism for one week. Happy Friday, Andrew Gould
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