Brooks R. Robinson writes:
> I think it would be a crime to consider it my employers property.
A difference of opinion about the terms of a contract is not a crime.
> Further, I have been advised that even though I wrote it at home on my
> own time, that since I am a salaried employee, and I may
Andrew Sullivan writes:
> It's not true that nothing in the GPL restricts the author in any way.
> If an author releases code under the GPL, s/he must either make the
> source available, or change the license.
The only condition under which the terms of the GPL would be enforceable
against a sole
Andrew Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 10:43:01AM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
>> Of course he can. Nothing in the GPL forbids charging (and, of course,
>> nothing in the GPL restricts the author in any way).
>
>It's not true that nothing in the GPL restricts the author i
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> Greetings!
> I have a dilemma, and I expect this to end in a flame war, but here goes...
> I am a computer science student, and I also work as a system administrator.
Gee that sounds famili
>
> The title to the software may be in question. The issue is what your
> contract with your employer says, and whether you used any of his
> resources (computer, network access etc) to develop the software.
> If your contract says so, he owns what ever you did at work. If you
> used his resource
On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 10:43:01AM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> Of course he can. Nothing in the GPL forbids charging (and, of course,
> nothing in the GPL restricts the author in any way).
It's not true that nothing in the GPL restricts the author in any
way. If an author releases code under the
On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, Brooks R. Robinson wrote:
> I have a dilemma, and I expect this to end in a flame war, but
> here goes...
Hmmm. Ok, "you're ugly, and your mother dresses you funny."
> I have issues with my employer that cause me to not want to
> merely hand over my work. I have
Eric G . Miller writes:
> You can't GPL it and charge for the *GPL* version.
Of course he can. Nothing in the GPL forbids charging (and, of course,
nothing in the GPL restricts the author in any way).
> However, as you're the sole author, you could LICENSE the code for a fee
> and release old ve
Brooks writes:
> ...I can charge for the new software.
Yes. You can do whatever you wish with software of which you are sole
author.
> I, of course, cannot and would not charge them for GCC, Apache, or for
> that matter Linux in general,...
Of course you can. You just have to provide source an
Eric, and Brooks
I don't have Brooks' original post, so I'm replying to you and to
the list in hopes he will see it.
On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, Eric G . Miller wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 09:17:13AM -0600, Brooks R. Robinson wrote:
> > Greetings!
> > I have a dilemma, and I expect this to e
On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 07:47:40AM -0800, Eric G . Miller wrote:
> You can't GPL it and charge for the *GPL* version.
The preceding statement is incorrect. GPLed code can be sold for any
price you may choose to set. The GPL _does_ say that a) you must provide
the source code (or at least make it
"Eric G . Miller" wrote:
> You can't GPL it and charge for the *GPL* version.
This is wrong.
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On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 09:17:13AM -0600, Brooks R. Robinson wrote:
> Greetings!
> I have a dilemma, and I expect this to end in a flame war, but here
> goes...
> I am a computer science student, and I also work as a system administrator.
> For one of my classes, I have written an e-commerce
On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 09:17:13AM -0600, Brooks R. Robinson wrote:
> Greetings!
> I have a dilemma, and I expect this to end in a flame war, but here
> goes...
> I am a computer science student, and I also work as a system administrator.
> For one of my classes, I have written an e-commerce
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