On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 06:14:23PM -0800, Matt Turner wrote: > On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Greg KH <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just ask anyone who has had to get their company to sign the FSF > > copyright assignment paperwork, for just how hard that was, and how long > > it took. > It took my university, who had no rational reason to own any of my > work, six months to sign the FSF's paperwork for a really simple bug > fix. By the time they decided they didn't care about owning my work, > it was April and I was graduating in May. They seriously asked me > whether I would just wait to submit the work until after I graduated > since it would be so much easier for them. What was your university's claim to ownership of the bugfix?
If they had a copyright claim because you worked on using school systems, during paid time, then it shouldn't have made any difference you were graduating: they would still own the code after you graduated. Similarly for any all-encompassing clauses like those found in some US employment contracts. So, if were able to submit it on your own after graduating, I don't see why you couldn't have done that prior to graduating. -- Robin Hugh Johnson Gentoo Linux: Developer, Trustee & Infrastructure Lead E-Mail : [email protected] GnuPG FP : 11ACBA4F 4778E3F6 E4EDF38E B27B944E 34884E85
