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Date:      Tue, 23 Jan 2001 12:08:22 -0800 (PST)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Kevin Brunelle <kruptos@netzero.net>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: C style continued.... (Craig and Terry)
Message-ID:  <XFMail.010123120822.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20010123135847.009c9400@mail85.pair.com>

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On 23-Jan-01 G. Adam Stanislav wrote:
>>doing things. Another issue I had with him was licensing. He wanted
>>all
>>the code in class GPL'd I wanted my code to be BSD'd. He said that
>>was
>>fine, but any code that wasn't GPL wasn't graded.
> 
> Strange. I wonder if he has the right to do so. I am not quite sure
> who owns copyright on school assignments: the school or the student
> (any copyright lawyer here?) If the school, then it is theirs to do
> with as they please including releasing it under GPL, and you just
> need to put up with it. If the student, then he has no business to
> insist on nonsense like that.

The student owns the work, and no, the professor does not have the
rught to discriminate against students in this manner (at least not in
the US.)  If it really bothers you, go harrass your counselor, dept
head, or dean (depending on how important this is to you :).

> At any rate, I would not worry about it too much: Typical class
> assignments are not brain surgery, so the code is not worth fighting
> over. Again, I'd suggest, just do what he wants, but don't let your
> schooling interfere with your education.

This is sound advice as well.

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