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Re: QNX Port
- From: Joe Buck <jbuck at synopsys dot COM>
- To: nickc at cambridge dot redhat dot com (Nick Clifton)
- Cc: olsona at uswest dot net, jsm28 at cam dot ac dot uk, rodrigc at mediaone dot net,gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 15:10:12 -0800 (PST)
- Subject: Re: QNX Port
> > Do you think these qualify as changes to QNX's work, or would my own
> > copyright reassignment be sufficient.
>
> Did you make any of the changes on QNX owned computers ?
>
> Did you make any of the changes whilst employed by QNX (even if
> working from home/elsewhere) ?
>
> Did you make any of the changes using knowledge you gained from any
> kind of association with QNX, assuming such knowledge is not in the
> public domain ?
This last item involves trade secret, not copyright. But it wouldn't seem
to apply in this case.
> If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then QNX have a say in
> the copyright of the changes, and will have to provide a copyright
> assignment for the changes in order for them to be acceptable to the
> FSF.
A disclaimer of copyright would do as well.