On a related note: who within the government signs an agreement for me? My current understanding is that Congress made my work PD before I was born, and that it would take a further act of Congress to make specific agreements with particular entities. Should I host my own copy of contributed modules on the Gov't website and a second copy inside GeoTools, where I hear that it's going to be re-branded from PD to LGPL (e.g., claiming exclusive ownership of something that's publicly owned)? As I understand it, there needs to be a way for people to get a copy of my stuff that's not encumbered.
So I guess that's two questions: 1] is a formal employer's agreement necessary with the US Govt; if so, with whom, at what level?; 2] Am I going to need to keep a synchronized, unencumbered copy of my work external to GeoTools, within which it is apparently considered to be "owned" by some organization? Bryce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 03/13/2006 12:23:56 PM: > I have a question about the contributor agreement. I used to work > for the University of Leeds writing opensource code (mostly > GeoTools) but I now work for the Pennsyvannia State University. In > both cases the university claims IP in everything I produce in thier > time (and possibly the rest of the time too). I both cases my direct > boss knows/knew and approves of the code I develop in GeoTools being LGPL. > > So the question is where do I stand in getting licences signed - me, > my current employer, my old employer? > > Ian > > -- > > Ian Turton > http://www.geotools.org > http://pennspace.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Geotools-devel mailing list Geotools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel
