23 Nov
2022
23 Nov
'22
3:10 a.m.
On Nov 22, 2022, at 9:04 PM, Steve Davidson
<steve(a)davidson.net> wrote:
I would love to be able to work on the DECnet bits in the Linux kernel but my employer
was quite blunt about any software I write THEY own! They are big, powerful, and have
very deep pockets so…
So your employer doesn't do any open source work? Hm.
Then again, "they own it" isn't actually a bar. It just means any Linux
contribution you write would have they company name on it as the copyright holder. The
actual issue isn't ownership but whether the company is willing to publish any work
under the GPL.
I have in the past contributed GPL work assigned to the FSF (GCC, GDB) and I have also
been involved in stuff that goes into Linux. The latter will appear (when it's
released, which hasn't happened yet) as GPL stuff (of course, being Linux bits)
copyright Dell. Linux is fine with that.
paul