[sldev] Re: University of Michigan Stereoscopic Viewer patch

[Matthew Dowd]

For information, and in an attempt to stop the various false claims about the contributor agreement.

The full standard agreement that you must sign before LL will accept a contribution is at http://secondlifegrid.net/themes/linden_grid/docs/SLVcontribution_agmt.pdf

The key sentence concerning the joint ownership is as follows:

"Both You and Linden Lab shall be able to do all such things in relation to Your Contribution as if each were respectively the sole owners of the copyright and all other relevant intellectual property rights therein. Neither party has any duty whatsoever to consult with, obtain the consent of, pay or render an accounting to the other party for any use or distribution of a Contribution or derivative work thereof."

The special arrangement, as Eric confirms, would be in relation to the opening sentence: 

"If you are employed as a software engineer, or if your employer is in the business of developing software, or otherwise may claim rights in the Contributions, and you cannot confirm that your employer's policies permit you to contribute to open source projects, please provide the name of your employer and the name of the supervisor to contact in connection with such contributions"

Matthew


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> Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:48:07 -0500
> From: GordonWendt at gmail.com
> To: emaslows at umich.edu
> Subject: Re: [sldev] Re: University of Michigan Stereoscopic Viewer patch
> CC: sldev at lists.secondlife.com
> 
> Okay, just wanted to make sure.  This sounds cool, too bad I don't
> have the equipment or access to the equipment to take advantage of
> this.
> 
> -G.W.
> 
> On Nov 12, 2007 10:34 PM,   wrote:
>>>   1. University of Michigan Stereoscopic Viewer patch (Rob Lanphier)
>>
>> Harold Brown is 100% correct about the "special arrangement" here. We
>> just needed to modify the agreement slightly to accept submissions from
>> an institution since I personally don't retain any writes for the work
>> done within the University and couldn't submit the code privately. I
>> encourage those with the necessary glasses to give it a try, it can be
>> a lot of fun. (especially in a crowded space) If you have any questions
>> about the patch or next steps, please don't hesitate to ask.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Eric Maslowski
>>
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