On 07/04/2008, FX Coudert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Then, I think the FSF has no solution but to discard contributions from > quite a few people. How many employers actually are going to issue such a > disclaimer? In all academic places I know, at least, you'll never get > anything like that, just because it's not a standard paper and they simply > don't care about doing it. >
In my experience, you draft the document and sign it, which more or less claims that your work in GCC has nothing to do with the work you are being paid to do by your employer and so, your employer won't claim any copyrights over it. Then, find the person in your university who has the power to sign such paper. You may have to convince his/her secretary first that you really need such paper signed. Once the secretary is convinced, it is a matter of time. > The fact is: the FSF doesn't request such a disclaimer. Little use being > more royalist than the king (don't know if that translates well from the > French idiom, but you get the idea). Hum, I needed to do it and it took me several weeks, so I am not sure if the FSF does not request the disclaimer in all cases but they certainly ask for it in some. In Spain we say: "more papist than the pope". I wonder what would be the equivalent in english. Cheers, Manu.
