Re: [License-discuss] exploring the attachment between the author and the code

2020-03-01 Thread Russell McOrmond
On Sun, Mar 1, 2020 at 11:51 AM Gil Yehuda via License-discuss < license-discuss@lists.opensource.org> wrote: > Thank you Stuart, you are right. The fear of losing control is a big part > of this. Josh, indeed. All code is based on other code. This is why there's > such a conflict. Russel, I'm ask

Re: [License-discuss] exploring the attachment between the author and the code

2020-03-01 Thread Pamela Chestek
On 3/1/2020 5:58 PM, Thorsten Glaser wrote: > Is that so in the USA? Here it reads more like the exclusive exploitation > rights belong to the employer when done as part of hired work, but the > moral rights belong to the natural person who created it. There is no legally cognizable moral right i

Re: [License-discuss] exploring the attachment between the author and the code

2020-03-01 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Gil Yehuda via License-discuss dixit: >Sometimes she'll say, "but it's my code." and I'll say, technically it's This is weird. I can differentiate between author and licensor. >work for hire that you assigned the copyrights to the company, but I Is that so in the USA? Here it reads more like th

Re: [License-discuss] exploring the attachment between the author and the code

2020-03-01 Thread Pamela Chestek
Gil, Thanks for asking the question; it is a topic that has always fascinated me. My belief based on my personal experience only is that software may be unusual in authors /not/ feeling that they have a strong sense of ownership of their work, regardless of who the legal owner is. I learned v

Re: [License-discuss] exploring the attachment between the author and the code

2020-03-01 Thread Gil Yehuda via License-discuss
Thank you Stuart, you are right. The fear of losing control is a big part of this. Josh, indeed. All code is based on other code. This is why there's such a conflict. Russel, I'm asking about all code authors because there are many ways to view this. A few times a year I get a report of code on Gi