Hi The guy(s) who did the original work were indeed full time DOD employees.
Bob On Aug 30, 2012, at 8:11 PM, Jim Lux <[email protected]> wrote: > On 8/30/12 12:37 PM, Bob Camp wrote: >> Hi >> >> The original patents on the MCXO are government property. One of the Ft. >> Monmouth guys came up with the fundamental / third overtone idea back in the >> 80's. Several (at least three) companies were licensed by the government to >> make the part. >> >> > > Gotta be careful there.. > > A lot of times these days, the government doesn't own the patent, they get a > "government use" license. If it was a civil servant doing the work, then, > yes, government owns it, and anyone can use it. However, if it was a > contractor at a government facility, or developed under a contract > (particularly a university), then it might be much stickier. If you wanted to > build something to sell to the government, then getting a license is easy. > But for the general public, perhaps not. > > Working at JPL, which is part of Cal Tech, on NASA's nickle, we're made VERY > aware of exactly who owns the fruits of our brains, and who gets to use it. > The Bayh Dole act has many unexpected consequences. > > > These days, a lot of the people working at government labs are not civil > servants, but are "Technical Support and Engineering Personnel". This allows > them to report a lower headcount of government employees. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
