Olaf Buddenhagen <olafbuddenha...@gmx.net> writes: > BTW, this is slightly off-topic: but AIUI, your main objection to > signing a copyright assignment is the requirement to provide updates on > your employer?
This was the onerous clause in 2000: | 2. Developer will report occasionally, on its initiative and whenever | requested by FSF, the changes and/or enhancements which are covered by | this contract, and (to the extent known to Developer) any outstanding | rights, or claims of rights, of any person, that might be adverse to | the rights of Developer or FSF or to the purpose of this contract. Firstly, it seems unfair that, having given software to the FSF, I would have a permanent duty to report claims of adverse rights, while others who gave nothing would have no such duty. Secondly, it might conflict with NDAs in my work. I sent email to ass...@gnu.org today, asking whether they still use this clause, and requesting a copyright assignment form for Hurd changes made during the years 2016 to 2018 if not. I did not request copyright assignment forms for GNU Mach and MIG because you wrote those are not required. I'll have to discuss things with my employer before posting patches, though.