Re: War stories on releasing code

2002-03-21 Thread Newton, Philip
Sam Vilain wrote: > you can't un-GPL source code Unless you're the copyright owner, right? I was under the impression that if I own copyright in code X, I can license it under the GPL, a BSD licence, and a proprietary binary-only licence (or whatever) simultaneously. Then re-licence it a year do

Re: War stories on releasing code

2002-03-19 Thread David Cantrell
On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 09:20:22AM -, Clayton, Nik [IT] wrote: > So I'm writing some (hopefully) fairly useful Perl modules at $dayjob, and > want to release them to the outside world. I suspect this is going to be > a novelty to the corporate lawyers. > > Has anyone here had experience of

RE: War stories on releasing code

2002-03-19 Thread Clayton, Nik [IT]
> Read the GPL carefully. I won't be using the GPL (if this code is released). It'll be BSD licensed. N -- Global Messaging Victoria Plaza, 2nd Floor x21206

Re: War stories on releasing code

2002-03-19 Thread Sam Vilain
Read the GPL carefully. Read your employment contract carefully. Remember you can't un-GPL source code; all you need is a GPL'ed "core" that you can build on, that can be produced by anybody. Perhaps yourself if works created in your own time are your own property. Then just make sure you're n

RE: War stories on releasing code

2002-03-19 Thread Mark Fowler
On Tue, 19 Mar 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Your contract will probably state that anything you write automatically > becomes property of the company. One contract that I was presented with > specified that anything I came up with ( software, financial method, > lawnmower ) then became the

RE: War stories on releasing code

2002-03-19 Thread Clayton, Nik [IT]
> You contract will probably state that anything you write > automatically > becomes property of the company. One contract that I was > presented with > specified that anything I came up with ( software, financial method, > lawnmower ) then became the companys property. That's not so much t

RE: War stories on releasing code

2002-03-19 Thread David . Neal
--- > From: nik.clayton > Sent: 19 March 2002 09:20 > To: london.pm > Cc: nik.clayton > Subject: War stories on releasing code > > > Morning, > > [ Apologies if there's any misformatting, or a horrendous > disclaimer at the > end. ENOCHOICE about

Re: War stories on releasing code

2002-03-19 Thread Roger Burton West
On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 09:20:22AM -, Clayton, Nik [IT] wrote: >So I'm writing some (hopefully) fairly useful Perl modules at $dayjob, and >want to release them to the outside world. I suspect this is going to be >a novelty to the corporate lawyers. > >Has anyone here had experience of doing

War stories on releasing code

2002-03-19 Thread Clayton, Nik [IT]
Morning, [ Apologies if there's any misformatting, or a horrendous disclaimer at the end. ENOCHOICE about using Outlook. . .] So I'm writing some (hopefully) fairly useful Perl modules at $dayjob, and want to release them to the outside world. I suspect this is going to be a novelty to the