My employer has agreed to sign a copywrite/IP assignment contract so that I may work on GNU Radio. My university has never required me to sign a IP/copywrite agreement other than an agreement to have my thesis published in a commercial archive as well as our university system library. I have sent a letter to my adviser and I am waiting for a response on that matter.
I would like to start getting the appropriate work filed but I can't find the forms on-line. Can someone send me a copy of those forms or point me to a URL where I can get more information? Regards, Daniel --- Michael Dickens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jun 27, 2006, at 9:06 AM, Robert McGwier wrote: > > If you are going to be doing this work in support > of the GnuRadio > > project, PLEASE, go ahead and get the necessary > FSF forms now and > > learn how to put the needed boilerplate in all > pieces of your > > source code. Your university, department, > and/or advising > > professor may have serious heartburn with this > assignment of rights > > to FSF and then all of your effort on our behalf > might go for naught. > > Daniel - I'm a Grad student at UND, doing GR work > for my > dissertation. I haven't decided upon a specific > topic yet, but there > are a few banging around which I'm investigating. > > Let me emphasize the need for gaining permission > from your > educational institution. IME, -most- businesses > (profit or non- > profit, educational, incorporated, LLC or whatever): > * regard intellectual property (IP) generated by > their > "employees" (staff, faculty, students, employees, > etc...) as owned by > the overall "corporation" under almost all > circumstances; > * have a set of policies which reflect their > specific ownership > guidelines, as well as how to ask for permission to > do other than > what's listed in the policies; > * have forms to fill out to deal with asking > permission as well as > documenting any significant IP (e.g. patents); > * require that any (C)'able IP include a (C) to the > "corporation" or > some individual inside, so-as to maintain ownership > of that IP by the > "corporation"; > * require than any (C)'able IP be left behind when > you leave the > "corporation". > > Most educational institutions allow for transferring > (C) outside the > "corporation", with appropriate permission, so long > as the > corporation can gain access to the (C)'d works in a > manner which is > royalty-free ... for example an open-source license > such as the > GPLv2. The primary reason for this is to allow for > others to use the > works for their educational purposes .. which is > likely directly > listed somewhere in the institution's Policies > somewhere. Most > traditional businesses wouldn't allow for this > unless it's > specifically required by a contract, since it allows > competitors > access to IP which could be used "against" them. > > Bottom line is that you should consult with your > advisor about your > educational institution's IP Policy(ies), and likely > with your local > office of Research / Tech Transfer / IP, or whatever > it is called > there. Only after exhausting all reasonable options > should you just > go ahead and do the FSF forms ... while it's often > easier to ask for > forgiveness than permission, when it comes to IP > "they" probably have > more lawyers than "you", if they care to use them. > Good luck! - MLD > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss-gnuradio mailing list > Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio
