On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 10:50:25 +0000, robert burrell donkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
US employment law seems pretty clear and requiring CCLAs from contributors employed in the US sounds like a very good idea. in other jurisdictions, though, employment law is very different. an enhanced CLA for some jurisdictions may be a better idea.
Requiring CCLAs may restrict the pottential contributors to those working for the few large corporations that do open source ( sun, ibm, etc ), or are unemployed/self employed. In many companies it is quite hard to get such a thing done - especially when the open source project has nothing to do with the company and it's done as a hobby.
Just try going to your manager and ask him to get involved with the company legal department and get a CCLA signed ( that is probably generic and applies to the entire company ) - so you can do your hobby in your free time.
I absolutely and completely agree.
What�s in it for your manager to help you? Nothing.
What�s the downside for them? Time, effort, possible legal exposure, possible career damage if the employee acts in bad faith. If this policy was in place, I doubt very much if I would have been able to contribute to the ASF over the past few years. And all because of US laws which don�t, as far as I know, apply in my country of residence anyway.
Regards,
Simon
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