Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 14:37:37 -0800 From: Joshua Tinnin <krinklyfig@spymac.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> Subject: Re: Please don't change Beastie to another crap logo such as NetBSD!!! Message-ID: <200502111437.38058.krinklyfig@spymac.com> In-Reply-To: <566767782.20050211231303@wanadoo.fr> References: <p06200708be315f521112@[128.113.24.47]> <420D24EE.40606@tvog.net> <566767782.20050211231303@wanadoo.fr>
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On Friday 11 February 2005 02:13 pm, Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > Frank Laszlo writes: > > I wouldnt say many, there are few commiters who are actually paid > > to work on it, most commiters/developers do it as a hobby. > > What written agreements do these committers have with their > employers? > > Normally, if you are paid to write something by your employer, your > employer owns the copyright in what you write. So unless these > committers have specific agreements with their employers to the > contrary, they are adding code to FreeBSD that is encumbered by > copyrights owned by their employer, and can no longer be freely > distributed. Do you have any proof of malfeasence? Are you planning on suing someone, or is this meant to be useful in some way? - jt
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