Re: [Hibernate] Re: Hibernate + JBoss Partnership

2003-09-20 Thread Christian Bauer
On 19 Sep (08:26), Kevin O'Neill wrote: > One question I have is ... who will own the copyright on the source? The author(s), of course. -- Christian Bauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek hea

Re: [Hibernate] Re: Hibernate + JBoss Partnership

2003-09-19 Thread Bill Burke
Kevin O'Neill wrote: Congrats, One question I have is ... who will own the copyright on the source? Forgot to answer this one. At JBoss, anybody who contributes retains their copyright whether they work for JBG or not, CVS committer or patch submitter. This has been the case since 1999 whe

Re: [Hibernate] Re: Hibernate + JBoss Partnership

2003-09-19 Thread Bill Burke
Just want to add, I think I already said this, that all JBG employees retain the copyright to their submitted open-source code. Gavin King wrote: Thanks Kevin! Copyright is always owned by the code author unless explicitly assigned to someone else, or unless the code is a "work for hire". My co

Re: [Hibernate] Re: Hibernate + JBoss Partnership

2003-09-19 Thread Bill Burke
Kevin O'Neill wrote: Congrats, I'm the more open source projects that pick up some form of sponsorship the better. For better or worst the JBoss group gets lots of attention so more exposure for hibernate. I was a bit disappointed that the jboss group website doesn't mention the announcement. O

Re: [Hibernate] Re: Hibernate + JBoss Partnership

2003-09-19 Thread Gavin King
Thanks Kevin! Copyright is always owned by the code author unless explicitly assigned to someone else, or unless the code is a "work for hire". My contract with JBoss states explicitly that work I do on Hibernate is not "for hire" and I retain all copyright on Hibernate. Any code that anyone else

[Hibernate] Re: Hibernate + JBoss Partnership

2003-09-19 Thread Kevin O'Neill
Congrats, I'm the more open source projects that pick up some form of sponsorship the better. For better or worst the JBoss group gets lots of attention so more exposure for hibernate. I was a bit disappointed that the jboss group website doesn't mention the announcement. One question I have is .