This may shed some light as well. No guarantees as to the veracity. Saw it on slashdot a while back.
http://tmn.dyndns.org/~dcormier/tilly.html > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 1:40 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: sem_getvalue patch > > > On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 01:22:17PM -0400, Robb, Sam wrote: > >> Btw, if you don't already have a form on file, we'll need an > >> assignment form for this patch. See > http://cygwin.com/contrib.html . > > > >No, I don't have one on file... I'll see about getting one to > >you soon. > > > >On a related note: under what circumstances does RedHat generally > >want/need an employer disclaimer for Cygwin contributions? > > If you are employed as a programmer, most companies have you sign some > kind of form saying that your work belongs to them. If the form can, > in any way, be construed as covering cygwin patches then your employer > needs to be involved. > > Or, to put it another way, if you sign a form, indicating that you own > the rights to your changes, and your employer disagrees and > comes after > Red Hat for the changes, guess who's going to be in hot water? > > cgf >
