From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Peter Davis Subject: Re: Hiring a programmer Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 17:00:28 -0500 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48818) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YAn2L-00039O-OF for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Jan 2015 17:00:38 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YAn2E-0003Bo-WB for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Jan 2015 17:00:37 -0500 Received: from out3-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.27]:48145) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YAn2E-00039i-T3 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Jan 2015 17:00:30 -0500 Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.internal [10.202.2.42]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF64620B2C for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2015 17:00:29 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Yuri Niyazov's message of "Mon, 12 Jan 2015 13:44:32 -0800") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Yuri Niyazov Cc: "emacs-orgmode@gnu.org" Yuri Niyazov writes: > I'd like to hire a programmer to hack on some things in org-mode for > my use. If these improvements are contributed back the main org-mode > repository, would the copyright assignment have to come from me, or > from the programmer? It actually depends on the terms of hiring. In the U.S., a "work for hire" contract means you own all rights to the results of the work, so assigning rights to someone else would come from you. Other arrangements are possible, and you can specify in the terms who owns what rights, assuming your programmer agrees. -pd