Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 23:29:12 -0700 From: Arun Sharma <arun@sharmas.dhs.org> To: David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GPL for govt funded/developed projects ? Message-ID: <20010608232912.A19629@sharmas.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.32L2.0106090036500.17565-100000@shell-1.enteract.com>; from dscheidt@tumbolia.com on Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 12:40:36AM -0500 References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010608223046.00b6f6e0@localhost> <Pine.BSF.4.32L2.0106090036500.17565-100000@shell-1.enteract.com>
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On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 12:40:36AM -0500, David Scheidt wrote: > > The law says no such thing about works produced under contract for the US > government. Stuff produced *directly* by the US federal government or its > employees is public domain, stuff produced *for* the US government need not > be. That's a huge, very important, and widely misunderstood difference. I'd appreciate any pointers to good reading material on the topic. Specifically, what prevents a researcher from selling the work to Microsoft for a fee ? -Arun To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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