From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Fwd: Hiring a programmer Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:06:09 +0100 Message-ID: <8761c8fje6.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <54B78DCB.4010206@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1421316409 29464 80.91.229.3 (15 Jan 2015 10:06:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:06:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Vaidheeswaran Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 15 11:06:45 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YBhK9-0003Md-5v for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:06:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49873 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YBhK8-00086Q-CA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 05:06:44 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54776) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YBhJj-00080K-6L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 05:06:25 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YBhJh-0007fh-QA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 05:06:19 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:60758) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YBhJh-0007fd-Mb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 05:06:17 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39699 helo=lola) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YBhJh-00061K-7m; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 05:06:17 -0500 Original-Received: by lola (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 17224E048C; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:06:09 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <54B78DCB.4010206@gmail.com> (Vaidheeswaran's message of "Thu, 15 Jan 2015 15:22:11 +0530") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:181282 Archived-At: Vaidheeswaran writes: > Please advise. Thanks. > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2015-01/msg00241.html > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Hiring a programmer > Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 13:44:32 -0800 > From: Yuri Niyazov > To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.orgmode > > I'd like to hire a programmer to hack on some things in org-mode for > my use. If these improvements are contributed back the main org-mode > repository, would the copyright assignment have to come from me, or > from the programmer? It has to come from the person holding the copyright. Whether that is "you" or "the programmer" depends on the contract between "you" and "the programmer". Without explicit mention in the contract, the programmer would retain the copyright (and thus be the one assign copyright to the FSF) but could be non-free to exercise it (unless the contract explicitly states that you get a non-exclusive usage right). So it might _also_ be necessary to secure a copyright _disclaimer_ from you where you state that you do not assert any rights over the execution of the author's copyright. I am not a lawyer: when in doubt, ask the copyright clerk from the FSF. -- David Kastrup