Re: Work legalities

2007-12-11 Thread Darragh Bailey
I was hoping to be able to submit some patches for wine over the christmas holidays. So I'm trying to sort out with work any legalities with regards to my employment contract and working on other projects. Basically the contract states that they own what I do, unless I get permission from the

Re: Work legalities

2007-03-09 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Jeremy White wrote: If you are employed to do programming (even at a university), or have made an agreement with your employer, school or anyone else saying it owns software you write, then you and we need a signed document from them disclaiming any rights they may have to the software.

Re: Work legalities

2007-03-09 Thread Nathan Williams
I asked today and was told there shouldn't be a problem and my boss is going to check it over for me with the powers that be. In the meantime I think I'll just start coding and not submit anything until I eventually get it in writing. On 3/9/07, Shachar Shemesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jeremy

Re: Work legalities

2007-03-09 Thread James Vasile
Shachar Shemesh wrote: Jeremy White wrote: If you are employed to do programming (even at a university), or have made an agreement with your employer, school or anyone else saying it owns software you write, then you and we need a signed document from them disclaiming any rights they may

Re: Work legalities

2007-03-08 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Nathan Williams wrote: but I did sign a contract and think there may be an issue with one of the sections. If you want, post those sections here. There are some contracts that say anything you do is ours. A reasonable contract, however, will say everything you do using work equipment and on

Re: Work legalities

2007-03-08 Thread Jeremy White
I asked James Vasile, of the Software Freedom Law Center, to comment on this. (For those who don't recall, the SFLC officially represents the Wine project on legal matters). This is essentially what he had to say (and James, correct me if I get anything wrong :-/): If you are employed to do

Work legalities

2007-03-07 Thread Nathan Williams
Hey everyone, I have been planning to do some work on wine for a while now, but after I started working I got myself a new programming job. I'm worried about the copyright of any external work I do, so I need a little advice. What do I need from my employer to clear me to work on wine? Is

Re: Work legalities

2007-03-07 Thread Bryan Haskins
Why would there be a problem? Unless you work for microsoft or something, how could there be an issue with that? On 3/7/07, Nathan Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey everyone, I have been planning to do some work on wine for a while now, but after I started working I got myself a new

Re: Work legalities

2007-03-07 Thread Felix Nawothnig
Nathan Williams wrote: What do I need from my employer to clear me to work on wine? Is something verbal ok, or should I get it in writing? The FSF says: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html | You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or | your school, if any, to sign a

Re: Work legalities

2007-03-07 Thread Brian Vincent
On 3/7/07, Nathan Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm worried about the copyright of any external work I do, so I need a little advice. What do I need from my employer to clear me to work on wine? Is something verbal ok, or should I get it in writing? Is your employer Microsoft? If so, I'd

Work legalities

2007-03-07 Thread Juan Lang
I'm worried about the copyright of any external work I do, so I need a little advice. What do I need from my employer to clear me to work on wine? Is something verbal ok, or should I get it in writing? In the US, if you do the Wine work outside of your workplace, on your own time and with

Re: Work legalities

2007-03-07 Thread Bill Medland
On Thu, 2007-08-03 at 06:40 +1100, Nathan Williams wrote: Hey everyone, I have been planning to do some work on wine for a while now, but after I started working I got myself a new programming job. I'm worried about the copyright of any external work I do, so I need a little advice. What