Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 78162 invoked from network); 1 Aug 2005 12:44:25 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 1 Aug 2005 12:44:25 -0000 Received: (qmail 18947 invoked by uid 500); 1 Aug 2005 12:44:23 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 18843 invoked by uid 500); 1 Aug 2005 12:44:22 -0000 Mailing-List: contact general-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: general@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list general@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 18830 invoked by uid 99); 1 Aug 2005 12:44:22 -0000 Received: from asf.osuosl.org (HELO asf.osuosl.org) (140.211.166.49) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 01 Aug 2005 05:44:22 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests= X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (asf.osuosl.org: local policy) Received: from [128.241.244.71] (HELO chi.mobile-health-diary.com) (128.241.244.71) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with SMTP; Mon, 01 Aug 2005 05:44:10 -0700 Received: (qmail 31614 invoked from network); 1 Aug 2005 12:44:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?172.28.173.237?) (geir@12.154.211.2) by b014.internal.mobile-health-diary.com with SMTP; 1 Aug 2005 12:44:15 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v733) In-Reply-To: References: <8AF37F39-3BD2-4F4E-A28D-2AB685345F11@apache.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <10F6B007-F686-4094-B13F-2AFFFC7E9360@apache.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Geir Magnusson Jr." Subject: Re: Request for Comment : Harmony Contribution Policy Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 08:43:15 -0400 To: general@incubator.apache.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.733) X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N On Aug 1, 2005, at 8:16 AM, robert burrell donkin wrote: >> Comments? (Like I need to ask for them... ) >> > > Re: Part VIII : Employment Limitations > > may need to think about the differences in employment law in different > jurisdications. Yes - we've already encountered comments about that on the list. > > AIUI European employment law typically does not recognise the concept > of trade secrets and strictly limits the rights of employers to > material created by an employee in their own time using their > materials. on the other hand, authorization of the work by the > employer may led to loss of rights to material created by the employee > in the employer's time. any agreements related to employment will be > interpreted under employment law rather than contract law (which are > quite different) so even a signed CCLA may offer little help to the > ASF in the event of a dispute. so, may need an additional clause with > different wording for those in similar jurisdictions. Ok - note that it is encouragement, rather than a requirement, but this is good - if there's something that works in European employment law that helps achieve our goal of reducing the possible claims on the Harmony codebase, we're all ears... :) geir > > (but of course IANAL) > > - robert > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org > > -- Geir Magnusson Jr +1-203-665-6437 geirm@apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org