Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272225AbTG3Q6G (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jul 2003 12:58:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S273022AbTG3Q6G (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jul 2003 12:58:06 -0400 Received: from intra.cyclades.com ([64.186.161.6]:46514 "EHLO intra.cyclades.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272225AbTG3Q6D (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jul 2003 12:58:03 -0400 Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 09:58:02 -0700 (PDT) From: henrique2.gobbi@cyclades.com To: "Martin J. Bligh" Cc: Anuradha Ratnaweera , Wichert Akkerman , LKML Subject: Re: Contributing to the kernel while being employed In-Reply-To: <29610000.1059582685@[10.10.2.4]> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1602 Lines: 40 I don't understand laws. What you guys think about this ? Labor Code section 2870 of the State of California: "Any provision in an employment agreement which provides that an employee shall assign or offer to assign any of his or her rights in an invention to his or her employer shall not apply to an inventory that the employee developed entirely on his or her own time without using the employer's equipment, supplies, facilities, or trade secret information..." henrique On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Martin J. Bligh wrote: > > 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/ > - 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/