From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Vaidheeswaran Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Fwd: Hiring a programmer Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 16:00:31 +0530 Message-ID: References: <54B78DCB.4010206@gmail.com> <8761c8fje6.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1421318190 26099 80.91.229.3 (15 Jan 2015 10:36:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:36:30 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 15 11:36:24 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 1YBhmq-0006MJ-Ht for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:36:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49990 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YBhmk-0004Z5-Rk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 05:36:18 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33191) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YBhle-0003YT-TT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 05:35:12 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YBhlb-0000sR-JD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 05:35:10 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:39007) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YBhlb-0000nL-C8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 05:35:07 -0500 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YBhlY-0005tP-7H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:35:04 +0100 Original-Received: from 106.206.180.165 ([106.206.180.165]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:35:04 +0100 Original-Received: from vaidheeswaran.chinnaraju by 106.206.180.165 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:35:04 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 37 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 106.206.180.165 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.16) Gecko/20121216 Icedove/3.0.11 In-Reply-To: <8761c8fje6.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 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:181285 Archived-At: On Thursday 15 January 2015 03:36 PM, David Kastrup wrote: > >> 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. What would be the simplest arrangement that would involve minimal hassle for all parties.