On Jun 7, 2005, at 7:00 PM, Tor-Einar Jarnbjo wrote:
Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote:
8) Employment Limitations
Are you employed as a programmer, systems analyst, or other
IT professional? If so, you may be an commiter
only if your employer either:
a) signs a Corporate Contribution License Agreement with Apache
and lists you as a designated employee or
b) submits a written authorization for your participation in this
project and disclaims any copyright or confidentiality interest
in your current or future contributions to this project.
IANAL, but this is a really tricky part, as different laws apply
depending on where the contributor lives. Most countries have a
different approach on this subject than the anglo-american
copyright, namely the "author's right".
I know :)
We have to iterate on this (via competent legal advice) to do what's
appropriate for contributions to us, a U.S. corporation.
For my part, living in Germany, there is no way for my employer
(even though I'm employed as a software developer) to claim any
rights on work I'm doing in my spare time and there is no legal way
for me to disclaim or overdraw my author's right on any work I've
done. Even the author's right on the work I'm doing for my employer
stays with me, all they can claim is an exclusive right to _use_
the code.
Ok - so that's the kind of thing we'll have to tweak.
I have been working on a few smaller projects lately, which may be
of interest to the Harmony project, and I would find it a pity, if
your legal requirements makes it difficult for me to contribute.
It would be a pity, and we'll work to fix. Note that these aren't
arbitrary requirements - we want to make it so that we're protected
in case some other "small project" of interest to the Harmony project
doesn't put us in a position where the whole thing has to be shut
down :)
What are you working on?
geir
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