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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: [OT] Liscencing and copyrighting for a costumer
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2004-05-15 12:32:45
Message-ID: 200405151432.45182.bastian () kde ! org
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On Sat May 15 2004 01:58, Pupeno wrote:
> I may have the change to implement an application for a costumer soon. I'll
> make the application GPL (using Qt and KDE) but I want to leave my costumer
> as the holder of the copyright of that source code so he can change to LGPL
> if he wants or mantain a dual licensing system like Qt's. Is that what I
> have to do ?

I am not a layer, this is not legal advice, you really should hire a laywer 
yourself to get legal advice that is applicable to your situation. Once you 
do, you may wish to discuss with your laywer the following points:

* You can assign the copyrights to the customer. Depending on the work 
relation that you have this may happen automatically already ("Work for 
Hire"). Under US-law, copyights need to be assigned in writing (on paper with 
a signature from you). Your laywer can tell you what is 
appropriate/valid/advisable in your particular circumstances.

> leave my employer as the copyright holder of the source code 
> (specifying that in the headers of the source code ?), and how can I still
> have credit for the source I've written ?

* You can add "Author: xxxx" in addition to the copyright statement / about 
text. As the new copyright holder, the customer may have the right to remove 
such credit line, this depends on the applicable copyright law (e.g. the 
exact laws in your country) Some copyright laws have the notion of "moral 
rights" which remain with the author (that's you) and which can't be 
transfered away from the author. You can also enter in an agreement with the 
customer in which the customer promises not to remove your credits. Your 
laywer can tell you what is appropriate/valid/advisable in your particular 
circumstances.

I also suggest you read http://www.ivanhoffman.com/nightmare.html, it was 
written specially for you ;-)

Cheers,
Waldo
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bastian@kde.org  |   Novell BrainShare Europe 2004   |  bastian@suse.com
bastian@kde.org  | 12-18 September, Barcelona, Spain |  bastian@suse.com
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