__/ [ Doug Mentohl ] on Wednesday 24 January 2007 18:53 \__
> "The Open Source "Community" development model involves potentially
> large numbers of developers who are subject to little if any legal
> oversight and .. the typical Community contributor has a day job at a
> technology company and is likely to have signed a broad employment
> agreement with his employer vesting ownership of intellectual property
> (including possibly the contributions made to the OSS project) with the
> employer"
>
>
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/foi/images/3/3f/OSS_Issues_in_Acquisitions_and_Inbound_Transactions_01-05-07.pdf
That's just how the oil companies began handling global warming awareness.
Throw money at a bunch of academic for sale to get some 'balance'
(conflicting 'studies').
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