On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Pedro Giffuni <[email protected]> wrote: > FWIW, > > --- Ven 8/6/12, Ariel Constenla-Haile ha scritto: > ... >> >> If Marina was in the internship program, then she was not an >> Oracle employee, and the joint copyright assignment she >> signed does not take her rights over the code. AINAL, >> but I guess the situation is different >> with code written by former Oracle employees working for >> OOo. >> > > If the internship was paid (which is usual in internships > involved in doing anything copyrightable) the code is owned > by the employer. If the internship was not paid then the > company can argue she used company resources (tutors, etc) > that were not available under other conditions. Interns are > not different to regular employees in such cases. >
I'd start with asking the intern first, and then Oracle. But with some tact. I can't think of any large corporation (or small one) that prefers to deal with such questions on a public mailing list. > But IANAL, > > Pedro. >
