On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Alex Harvey <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wednesday, October 24, 2012 2:57:08 AM UTC+11, Erik Dalén wrote: >> >> I think trying to be extra speedy with reviewing and giving feedback on >> external pull requests would be a great start for this. It might be more >> time consuming and slow down development in the short run, but I think it >> would give more external contributions and speed up development in the long >> run. Basically regarding them as a VIP lane compared to internal ones or >> something. > > I'm only new here but I agree with this. > > I recently signed the CLA in my personal capacity without any discussion > with company lawyers (I don't think I need their permission to sign as > myself do I?) and I got myself across the Puppet Labs development processes.
The answer to that is the classic legal "it depends". At least in Australia, many companies own anything you do during work hours, and it was common for a while to claim ownership of anything in "related areas of business". (That second was in a legal grey area, possibly unenforcible, but likely to lead to a court battle if you pushed it.) Especially in the former case, you do need their permission to contribute code back to Puppet. Australian law held that because you were working for them, *the company* held the copyright on what you produced, so they were the folks who had to agree to release it. In other parts of the world this varies more because, hey, legal question. If you really want to know you should consult an IP lawyer in your country. -- Daniel Pittman ⎋ Puppet Labs Developer – http://puppetlabs.com ♲ Made with 100 percent post-consumer electrons -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-dev?hl=en.
