Someone (Jorge?) should double-check that -incoming
is consistent with the operation of the "work for hire"
principle of copyright law, which essentially assigns
copyright in anything created by an employee as part
of his/her job responsibilities to his/her employer.
This is mentioned in Section 2 and there is enough
usage of "sponsored by", "organization the Contributor
represents" and the like in Section 5 to indicate
that "work for hire" has been considered and -incoming
is probably ok, but an opinion from an actual lawyer
would be helpful.
There may be a need for the submission tool to give
enough notice of "work for hire" in plain language
(i.e., not legalese) to a submitter in order to ensure
that section 5.6.c of -incoming applies to someone who
doesn't have their employer's permission to submit,
but submits anyway.
Thanks,
--David
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David L. Black, Distinguished Engineer
EMC Corporation, 176 South St., Hopkinton, MA 01748
+1 (508) 293-7953 FAX: +1 (508) 293-7786
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