On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Russell Keith-Magee < [email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 5:57 AM, Justin Holmes <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I am interested in getting the SlashRoot membership all filed with CLA's. > > > > However, people who work on django at SlashRoot aren't "employees" - > > they're members. Can we simply change the language of the CLA or are > > the legal wranglings more complex than that? > > > > Might it be simpler for each of us to simply fill out the individual > > form? Or does that not cover the proper basis of members be able to > > work on django on paid company time? > > I'm not sure that the employee/member distinction that you're making > here is significant from the point of view of the CLA. We need a > corporate CLA to cover those jurisdictions where companies implicitly > or contractually own the work of anyone working for them. Whether > those people are called "members" or "employees" doesn't really > matter; we need the corporate entity to release their copyright, and > enumerate the people covered by that release. > > However, it's certainly something worth clarifying. I'd also be wary > of just altering the language to say "member" -- certain words can be > loaded when it comes to legal documents, and I don't know the status > of "member" when it comes to US law. I'll add this to the list of > things we need to ask the lawyers. It looks like we need to do some > work here anyway, because in reviewing the corporate CLA to answer > your question, I noticed that it references a "Schedule B" that > doesn't exist... > > Yours, > Russ Magee %-) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en. > > To be (layman's understanding) the purpose of the corporate CLA is that in many jurisdictions an employer owns the product of work done by it's employees, even if it's not done directly as a part of employment. Unless this same relationship exists between you and your members, you cannot have such a CLA, because you don't legally own their work and thus can't license it. Alex -- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." -- Evelyn Beatrice Hall (summarizing Voltaire) "The people's good is the highest law." -- Cicero -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en.
