A CLA By Any Other Name

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on May 25, 2011 1:55 AM EDT
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One of the challenges free and open source software projects have that proprietary software doesn't is determining the best method for accepting developer contributions to a project from a legal perspective, not an engineering perspective. In proprietary software, where all of the developers work for the employing entity, the copyright in their work belongs to the employing entity under the “work for hire” doctrine found in 17 U.S. Code §101.

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