On Friday 11 February 2005 02:13 pm, Anthony Atkielski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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.
Do you have any proof of malfeasence? Are you planning on suing someone, or is this meant to be useful in some way? - jt _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
