From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 11 22:20:57 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8182416A4CE for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 22:20:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ritamari.vonostingroup.com (ip193-230.digitalrealm.net [216.144.193.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC01A43D1F for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 22:20:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from laszlof@tvog.net) Received: from adsl-68-72-248-38.dsl.sfldmi.ameritech.net ([68.72.248.38] helo=tvog.net) by ritamari.vonostingroup.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.44 (FreeBSD)) id 1Czj9P-000HOP-Ju; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:20:35 -0500 Message-ID: <420D2FC7.5060503@tvog.net> Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:20:55 -0500 From: Frank Laszlo User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (Windows/20040207) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr References: <649200329.20050211081852@wanadoo.fr> <621dabed4fc2996ae4cb3a2929d6842c@chrononomicon.com> <420D24EE.40606@tvog.net> <566767782.20050211231303@wanadoo.fr> In-Reply-To: <566767782.20050211231303@wanadoo.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - ritamari.vonostingroup.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [26 6] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - tvog.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Re: Please don't change Beastie to another crap logo such as NetBSD!!! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 22:20:57 -0000 Anthony Atkielski wrote: >Frank Laszlo writes: > > > >>I wouldnt say many, there are few commiters who are actually paid to >>work on it, most commiters/developers do it as a hobby. >> >> > >What written agreements do these committers have with their employers? > >Normally, if you are paid to write something by your employer, your >employer owns the copyright in what you write. So unless these >committers have specific agreements with their employers to the >contrary, they are adding code to FreeBSD that is encumbered by >copyrights owned by their employer, and can no longer be freely >distributed. > > I was refering to commiters paid BY FreeBSD to provide code. __________________________________________________ Frank Laszlo System Administrator The VonOstin Group Email: laszlof@tvog.net WWW: http://www.vonostingroup.com Mobile: 248-863-7584