Re: Releasing software sponsored by an employer

2005-11-05 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Francisco Poli wrote: >I agree on everything you said, with the following comments/questions: > >* why do you suggest repeating everywhere? Ah. The reason I did that was so that it would be suitable to print out and have the company lawyers or executives sign. > I think it >makes adapting the no

Re: Releasing software sponsored by an employer

2005-11-04 Thread Francesco Poli
On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 00:13:34 -0500 Nathanael Nerode wrote: [...] > does.> > Copyright > > is free software; you can redistribute it and/or > modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as > published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of

Re: Releasing software sponsored by an employer

2005-11-04 Thread John Morrissey
On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 12:13:34AM -0500, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > It's easy as pie. You don't release it; the *company* releases it. Use > the usual "How to Apply These Terms to Your New Program", but put the > *company* name in [snip] > Put that notice in the software. Get the company to sig

Re: Releasing software sponsored by an employer

2005-11-03 Thread Arnoud Engelfriet
Justin Pryzby wrote: > On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 09:23:40PM +0100, Arnoud Engelfriet wrote: > > John Morrissey wrote: > > > I'm wondering what kind of documentation we should have that explicitly > > > authorizes me to release this software (copyright still held by the > > > company) > > > to the pu

Re: Releasing software sponsored by an employer

2005-11-02 Thread Evan Prodromou
On Wed, 2005-02-11 at 10:55 -0500, John Morrissey wrote: As part of my "day job," I'm working on a piece of Debian-specific software. I would like to release it under the GPL and the company is receptive [...] Good for them and good for you. Obviously, since it was written using their tim

Re: Releasing software sponsored by an employer

2005-11-02 Thread Michael Poole
Justin Pryzby writes: > On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 09:23:40PM +0100, Arnoud Engelfriet wrote: >> John Morrissey wrote: >> > I'm wondering what kind of documentation we should have that explicitly >> > authorizes me to release this software (copyright still held by the >> > company) >> > to the publi

Re: Releasing software sponsored by an employer

2005-11-02 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 09:23:40PM +0100, Arnoud Engelfriet wrote: > John Morrissey wrote: > > I'm wondering what kind of documentation we should have that explicitly > > authorizes me to release this software (copyright still held by the company) > > to the public under a DFSG compliant license. I

Re: Releasing software sponsored by an employer

2005-11-02 Thread Arnoud Engelfriet
John Morrissey wrote: > I'm wondering what kind of documentation we should have that explicitly > authorizes me to release this software (copyright still held by the company) > to the public under a DFSG compliant license. The easiest solution in my eyes would be that they give you one copy, with

Re: Releasing software sponsored by an employer

2005-11-02 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
John Morrissey said on Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 10:55:27AM -0500,: > I'm wondering what kind of documentation we should have that > explicitly authorizes me to release this software (copyright still > held by the company) to the public under a DFSG compliant license. This is answered in th