Re: PostgreSQL-related legal question

On March 12, 2015 06:43:40 AM Gavin Flower wrote:
> Bill cannot comment, but it might be along the lines of assigning all
> intellectual property rights, or something of that ilk. In that case, it
> might give the company ownership of stuff he may have contributed (or
> intends to contribute) to PostgreSQL in some way – which could lead to
> legal complications affecting PostgreSQL adversely, which would be
> expensive and an unnecessary distraction.

I used to work for a company that did exactly that - you had to sign a
contract that claimed copyright of all your work, even work done outside of
work hours, to the company. They did however tell you beforehand that if you
were an established contributor to an open-source project they could make
exceptions for that, but you had to go through legal.

But the upshot was that if you wrote an iPhone app in 15 minutes, the company
would own that, technically.