From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263131AbTF2UH1 (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Jun 2003 16:07:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263752AbTF2UH1 (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Jun 2003 16:07:27 -0400 Received: from h80ad24fc.async.vt.edu ([128.173.36.252]:28032 "EHLO turing-police.cc.vt.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263131AbTF2UGz (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Jun 2003 16:06:55 -0400 Message-Id: <200306292021.h5TKL5EA003392@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.6.3 04/04/2003 with nmh-1.0.4+dev To: Ricardo Galli Cc: Jamie Lokier , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Dell vs. GPL In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 29 Jun 2003 21:58:52 +0200." <200306292158.52878.gallir@uib.es> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <200306291624.47221.gallir@uib.es> <20030629195003.GF26258@mail.jlokier.co.uk> <200306292158.52878.gallir@uib.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_-1552371368P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 16:21:04 -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --==_Exmh_-1552371368P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 21:58:52 +0200, Ricardo Galli said: > exclusive rights are owned jointly. Where a computer programme is created by > an employee in the execution of his duties or following the instructions > given by his employer, the employer alone will be entitled to exercise all > economic rights in the programme, unless otherwise provided for by contract. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This is no different than the US concept of "work for hire" -except under US law, essentially everything done for the employer (software, white papers, music, graphic design, etc) is covered by "work for hire". --==_Exmh_-1552371368P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQE+/0owcC3lWbTT17ARAsQiAJ4lfX+/qtDN3xo8+bsmjBtuGHMebwCgo6Zl +jd2FagOMzZ9oXZDBijlRyM= =tSUj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_-1552371368P--