Re: Is a Software Grant Agreement always needed for IP Clearance?

2014-04-20 Thread Help Earth Foundation
As pointed out it's about Cray, And it comes down to a specific document that would state that works of employee x except projects a,b,c are excluded. from their IP overlay NRJ On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 6:08 PM, Toki toki.kant...@gmail.com wrote: On 4/5/2014 8:08 AM, Rob Vesse wrote:

Re: Is a Software Grant Agreement always needed for IP Clearance?

2014-04-19 Thread Andy Seaborne
On 05/04/14 16:19, Craig L Russell wrote: Hi Rob, If you developed the code during the time the ICLA and CCLA were in effect (from February 2012) I don't see a need to file additional paperwork. Craig As a matter of good practice, when is it best to use the IP Clearance process? In this

Re: Is a Software Grant Agreement always needed for IP Clearance?

2014-04-19 Thread Toki
On 4/5/2014 8:08 AM, Rob Vesse wrote: entirely by myself though obviously Cray holds the copyright. That little datapoint is not obvious at all. Whether or not that is the case depends upon the specific wording of your contract with Cray, your legal jurisdiction, Cray's legal jurisdiction,

Is a Software Grant Agreement always needed for IP Clearance?

2014-04-05 Thread Rob Vesse
Hi All I¹m in the process of carrying out IP Clearance for some code developed outside of the ASF that my employer (Cray) has now agreed to contribute to the Apache Jena project where I am a committer and PMC member. In this case the software was developed entirely by myself though obviously

Re: Is a Software Grant Agreement always needed for IP Clearance?

2014-04-05 Thread Craig L Russell
Hi Rob, If you developed the code during the time the ICLA and CCLA were in effect (from February 2012) I don't see a need to file additional paperwork. Craig On Apr 5, 2014, at 8:08 AM, Rob Vesse wrote: Hi All I’m in the process of carrying out IP Clearance for some code developed