all google code projects are required to be opensource projects.
Please look at your contract regarding the exact terms.
Basically the common thing with programming for a company on contract basis is:
if you paid him to develop this tool, it's your companies property and
he violates his contract by offering it as opens source to begin with,
if not prior agreed to this prior.
Just try to explain him the guidelines of google code and inform and
check your contract. If you only have a verbal contract, it get's more
complicated. But it should still hold it's weight in court, depending
how many witnesses and proof you have. (Bills for his work, email
exchanges, etc...)
g.
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Chris DiBona <cdib...@google.com> wrote:
> Actually,
> We don't know what project it is so we dont' know if if it violating the
> site terms.
> We know that there is a contractor/contractee problem. Until I see a dmca or
> court order, I won't pull a valid project for that.
> So there is not really any point to this until we know more.
> Chris
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Scott Elcomb <pse...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Chris DiBona <cdib...@google.com> wrote:
>> > We obviously won't get in the middle of some contractor dispute.
>>
>> While I agree on contractor disputes, this really sticks out:
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 1:40 AM, Charles John <charlesjohn2...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Here is what he said "One more thing I want to mention here is the
>> > admin area. That is my registered script at Google Code and you
>> > can't use or distribute that code on any site which is not
>> > developed by me. For example, you can install UnitedDatabase
>> > anywhere and use the admin but not with the site which I have not
>> > developed."
>>
>> If it's on Google Code, it's registered under a FOSS license.
>>
>> Unless I'm grossly mistaken, such a license as described here ("can't
>> use or distribute") would be a clear violation of project hosting
>> terms.
>>
>> [quote src=<http://code.google.com/p/support/wiki/FAQ>]
>> Are there any restrictions on who can use the site?
>>
>> Just a couple. You'll need to be in a country where Google is able to
>> conduct business, and your project needs to be open source.
>> [/quote]
>>
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