Re: [Talk-GB] Licensability of an employee's work

2019-10-21 Thread David Woolley
In particular, when submitting data obtained through employment, it has to be clear that the company is the one that is agreeing to the licensing terms, not the individual. On 21/10/2019 12:47, David Woolley wrote: I meant you should use an account that clearly belongs to the company. I

Re: [Talk-GB] Licensability of an employee's work

2019-10-21 Thread Mateusz Konieczny
21 Oct 2019, 13:47 by for...@david-woolley.me.uk: > I meant you should use an account that clearly belongs to the company. I > guess you could have an account for each relevant employee, but that will > cause problems when an employee changes job, either internally, or to another > employer.

Re: [Talk-GB] Licensability of an employee's work

2019-10-21 Thread David Woolley
I meant you should use an account that clearly belongs to the company. I guess you could have an account for each relevant employee, but that will cause problems when an employee changes job, either internally, or to another employer. Definitely do not use the same account to submit personal

Re: [Talk-GB] Licensability of an employee's work

2019-10-21 Thread Edward Bainton
Thanks, David. Discussion ongoing on the legal list, but FYI from Frederick Ramm, who opines: > PS: I would strongly advise against using a "corporate account" that > groups the activities of many individuals as it makes communication > between the group/company members and other members

Re: [Talk-GB] Licensability of an employee's work

2019-10-18 Thread David Woolley
On 18/10/2019 17:43, Edward Bainton wrote: *If an employee edits the map in the course of their employment, has the work been adequately licensed to OSM/the big wide Open?* I think it is true worldwide that employers have the copyright in work for hire, and only they can licence the use of

Re: [Talk-GB] Licensability of an employee's work

2019-10-18 Thread Edward Bainton
Thanks, I'll repost. On Fri, 18 Oct 2019 at 18:04, SK53 wrote: > This really belongs on talk legal rather than talk-gb. The people > qualified to answer such issues are more likely to be there, and it's > rather specialised for this list. > > Certainly when I worked for a large company which

Re: [Talk-GB] Licensability of an employee's work

2019-10-18 Thread SK53
This really belongs on talk legal rather than talk-gb. The people qualified to answer such issues are more likely to be there, and it's rather specialised for this list. Certainly when I worked for a large company which paid a great deal of attention to such issues we would not have been able to

[Talk-GB] Licensability of an employee's work

2019-10-18 Thread Edward Bainton
Hi all Quick question arising from a 'lobbying' conversation: *If an employee edits the map in the course of their employment, has the work been adequately licensed to OSM/the big wide Open?* According to Copyright Act 1988, s. 11 (2) Where a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work [F1