Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272964AbTG3Qc7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jul 2003 12:32:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272980AbTG3Qc6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jul 2003 12:32:58 -0400 Received: from obsidian.spiritone.com ([216.99.193.137]:23009 "EHLO obsidian.spiritone.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272959AbTG3Qbt (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jul 2003 12:31:49 -0400 Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 09:31:26 -0700 From: "Martin J. Bligh" To: Anuradha Ratnaweera , Wichert Akkerman cc: LKML Subject: Re: Contributing to the kernel while being employed Message-ID: <29610000.1059582685@[10.10.2.4]> In-Reply-To: <1059577884.1759.44.camel@anuradha> References: <1059577884.1759.44.camel@anuradha> X-Mailer: Mulberry/2.2.1 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 791 Lines: 17 > What if the employer _is_ interested in contributing to the open source > under company copyright and doesn't mind using company resources, but > the employee prefers to keep copyright to himself. The only way he can > do it is by using his own resources and time (off hours). But this is > not possible if there is a contract that coveres the full employment > period, including after hours. Why do you want the copyright? So you can sue in case of violation? If so, then giving both yourself and your employer copyright might help ... M. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/