On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 08:40:33AM -0700, Josh Parmenter wrote: > if your advisor understands what you are contributing and is comfortable > with it, you probably don't need to worry about it.
Boss, not advisor. I'm a staff member -- a very low-ranking one at that -- not a student. This also has huge implications for the university's claims over intellectual property. As I said, this won't be a concern at Glasgow. Or once my contract is over in 2 or 3 months. > but, what is important to > know is that everything you do is copyrightable by you. ... unless I sign a contract which states that **any intellectual property I create**[1] is owned by the university. Which I did, after a great deal of thought. (actually, the first time I was offered this job, I turned it down after reading the regulations about intellectual property that were in the contract) [1] unless I can prove it was done on my own time, without university resources, in a field not related to my university degrees, etc etc. Now, some jurisdictions have laws that state that you cannot sign away certain rights (such as an author's "moral rights"). European countries are generally fairly nice in this regard. I confess that I haven't looked at the exact laws in Singapore, but I am willing to be that the university regulations on intellectual property don't break the country's laws. This means that by default I do **not** own any intellectual property I create. Believe me, I did my homework before accepting the contract (the second time, a year after the first attempt at hiring me). I'm not overjoyed at this state of affairs, but I accepted them willingly for this short period. Cheers, - Graham _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
