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To: Ricardo Galli <gallir@uib.es>
Cc: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Dell vs. GPL 
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 29 Jun 2003 21:58:52 +0200."
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
References: <200306291624.47221.gallir@uib.es> <20030629195003.GF26258@mail.jlokier.co.uk>
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On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 21:58:52 +0200, Ricardo Galli said:

> exclusive rights are owned jointly. Where a computer programme is created by 
> an employee in the execution of his duties or following the instructions 
> given by his employer, the employer alone will be entitled to exercise all 
> economic rights in the programme, unless otherwise provided for by contract.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This is no different than the US concept of "work for hire" -except under US
law, essentially everything done for the employer (software, white papers,
music, graphic design, etc) is covered by "work for hire".

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