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Re: Copyright assignment wiki page


* Richard Kenner:

>> This is probably true for a country like the USA, but like FX
>> the FSF didn't ask a disclaimer from my employer: in France
>> as long as you don't use your employer ressources to contribute
>> your employer has absolutely no say on what you do outside your work.
>
> That's true in the US as well, but what happens later on if your employer
> comes by later on and claims you DID use employer resources?  Where would
> that leave the FSF?  Very few employees have deep enough pockets to
> indemnify the FSF from their employer!

The employer may even sue if someone from the company has signed a
disclaimer, on the basis that the disclaimer wasn't signed by someone
who clearly wasn't authorized to make such statements on behalf of the
organization (e.g., a dean at a typical German university).

My understanding is that the employer disclaimer is mainly intended for
protecting the contributor, and not the FSF.


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