Re: Relaxing the copyright assignment policy

[Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide]

Jean Abou Samra <jean@abou-samra.fr> writes:
> When I did this copyright assignment for Emacs, I recall
> that the procedure was a bit demotivating (the person
> was very friendly, but when you live in an isolated area
> and don't have a printer and you must print the document
> to sign it ...).

It also sounds good to me — though I had the experience that getting the
paperwork done to be allowed to license code written in my free time
under free licenses while employed was much more work than assigning the
copyright for Emacs.

This came up due to copyright assignment, but it was not caused by it.
It was caused by employment laws granting the employer power over the
code that employees write in their free time.

(luckily my employer signed the employer disclaimer of rights)

Best wishes,
Arne
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