Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-legal-discuss-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 745 invoked from network); 10 Mar 2005 20:52:50 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur-2.apache.org with SMTP; 10 Mar 2005 20:52:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 3396 invoked by uid 500); 10 Mar 2005 20:52:44 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-legal-discuss-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 3219 invoked by uid 500); 10 Mar 2005 20:52:43 -0000 Mailing-List: contact legal-discuss-help@apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Delivered-To: mailing list legal-discuss@apache.org Received: (qmail 3206 invoked by uid 99); 10 Mar 2005 20:52:43 -0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-10.0 required=10.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (hermes.apache.org: 209.237.226.90 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of brian@collab.net) Received: from taz3.hyperreal.org (HELO hyperreal.org) (209.237.226.90) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.28) with SMTP; Thu, 10 Mar 2005 12:52:42 -0800 Received: (qmail 94334 invoked from network); 10 Mar 2005 20:52:42 -0000 Received: from localhost.hyperreal.org (HELO paz.hyperreal.org) (127.0.0.1) by localhost.hyperreal.org with SMTP; 10 Mar 2005 20:52:42 -0000 Received: (qmail 97654 invoked by uid 1001); 10 Mar 2005 20:53:03 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 10 Mar 2005 20:53:03 -0000 Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 12:53:03 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Behlendorf X-X-Sender: brian@paz.hyperreal.org To: legal-discuss@apache.org Subject: Re: open source developer contract ammendment In-Reply-To: <20050310154357.GF30663@localhost> Message-ID: <20050310124114.C40675@paz.hyperreal.org> References: <20050310154357.GF30663@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Spam-Rating: localhost.hyperreal.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N X-Virus-Checked: Checked X-Spam-Rating: minotaur-2.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N While an important topic for all developers to be aware of, I would like to preserve this list for Apache policy discussions or issues specific to our projects. I'm hoping the Software Freedom Law Center opens a resource for this kind of thing, as they seem like the logical place for it. Could you contact them through their standard channels and see if they're interested? If not, I can try to ping Eben. I'm not lawyerly enough to comment on the ideas around tangible vs. intangible IP, which appear to be the main place your agreement differs from standard contracting law, which provides protection for your own tangible IP created on your own time and hardware and facilities anyways. I would just note that you mention "ideas and concepts" as intangible and thus should be shared by contractor and contractee, which would require the company to spell out all patents they own that you might be exposed to while working there and would have to be exempt from the agreemnt. Maybe that wouldn't be such a bad thing after all... Brian --------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: Discussions on this list are informational and educational only, are not privileged and do not constitute legal advice. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: legal-discuss-unsubscribe@apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: legal-discuss-help@apache.org