Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S273060AbTG3RRC (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jul 2003 13:17:02 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S273061AbTG3RRC (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jul 2003 13:17:02 -0400 Received: from obsidian.spiritone.com ([216.99.193.137]:27554 "EHLO obsidian.spiritone.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S273060AbTG3RQ7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jul 2003 13:16:59 -0400 Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 10:16:15 -0700 From: "Martin J. Bligh" To: henrique2.gobbi@cyclades.com cc: Anuradha Ratnaweera , Wichert Akkerman , LKML Subject: Re: Contributing to the kernel while being employed Message-ID: <30780000.1059585374@[10.10.2.4]> In-Reply-To: References: 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: 1864 Lines: 50 Yes, those contracts normally have an exclusion clause for CA, which has much more sensible laws (in this case ;-)) M. --henrique2.gobbi@cyclades.com wrote (on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 09:58:02 -0700): > > 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/