"Frank Batschulat" <frank.batschu...@oracle.com> wrote:
> >> SCA and CDDL doe not matter in that case.
> >
> > The CDDL matters in this case as Sun did not pay for the work.....
>
> I guess that is something you have to sort out with a lawyer
> to get your problems if there are any with that contract sorted.
The German Urheberrecht is very obvious in this case, you cannot get any rights
on other peoples work unless this is OSS or there is a fair compensation.
> > Sun did not own the code and for this reason, Oracle doesn't own it
> > either.
>
> I just checked every file in HSFS, none has a conflicting/extended
> copyright.
Such a note is not important in Germany.
> fact is that was contract work done by you on behalf of Sun.
>
> in that case neither the CDDL nor a SCA apply. You pretty
> much acted as a Sun employee here.
The fact is that Sun or Orcale cannot own anything they did not pay for, see
above. Before, this was covered by the OSS exception in the German
Urheberrecht, but this changes at the moment when Oracle publishes the software
under non-OSS constraints.
Jörg
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