On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 12:26 PM, G. Wade Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Aug 2013 09:40:53 -0700 (PDT) > "Michael R. Davis" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Perl Folks, > > > I got into a conversation about contributing to Perl modules. > > > > Before you contribute something to CPAN, please ensure that "YOU" own > > the copyright. Most employers actually own the copyright on > > "anything" you write based on the documentation that you signed when > > you were hired. Hey you wanted the job. right? My company's > > agreement is that anything that I write on my time on my own computer > > is my copyright, otherwise it's theirs. Drag out those intellectual > > property agreements! For you Federal Employees post away. Anything > > you Feds write on your time is yours. Anything you "work" on during > > your "core" hours is typically public domain (FOUO and classified are > > exceptions). So, it's best to upload a stub to CPAN at night under > > your copyright then down load that stub and add public domain content > > to it during the public dollar time. Thanks, Mike > > http://search.cpan.org/~mrdvt/ > > That's a really good point, Michael. Check your agreements carefully. > I've been told at companies before that everything I touch belongs to > them (didn't stay there long). > > Many companies have reasonable agreement based on the concept that you > have to practice to get better at anything. It would probably be better > to practice at home than to practice on the production code.<grin/> > > Even if the company owns the copyright, some companies are willing to > release non-core-business code as open source if they understand the > benefits to the company of doing so. > That is not to say that code you write on _your_ time in a contract situation is automatically "owned" by your customer. I believe it's yours unless specifically transferred in some sort of formalized agreement. I could be wrong, but that is my understanding. Brett > > G. Wade > -- > I've been living on the edge too long, where the winds of limbo roar. > -- "Veteran of Psychic Wars", Blue Oyster Cult > _______________________________________________ > Houston mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > Website: http://houston.pm.org/ >
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