Paul Smith wrote: > I worry that people think that a DCO is a hassle-free > replacement for an employer's copyright assignment. Maybe, in some > jurisdictions, it even can be. > > But as far as I'm aware in the U.S. (and other countries) you can't > just declare that your employer doesn't have any copyright to work you > do, even on your own time.
Yes, it depends on the jurisdiction. In Germany, the law gives the employee the copyright on works created on his own time (§ 15 UrhG, § 69b UrhG, § 2.1 GG); the employment contract can influence further details. The situation appears to be very different in the U.S. Bruno
