- Uwe Hermann uwe@hermann-uwe.de [070518 23:29]:
+## +## This file is part of the LinuxBIOS project. +## +## Copyright (C) 2007 AMD +## Written by Yinghai Lu yinghailu@amd.com for AMD. +## +## Copyright (C) 2007 University of Mannheim +## Written by Philipp Degler pdegler@rumms.uni-mannheim.de for Uni Ma.
Just curious -- are you sure the university owns the copyright? AFAIK this is not possible in Germany, you as the author always retain the copyright (but you can give away _usage_ rights).
You can not give it away. And if you are doing the work in contract you dont even own it to begin with, so there is nothing to give away. German law.. you think it is on your side and then...
Do you work at the university? Did you sign some contract which says something about copyright of code you write?
When you are hired, the copyright is automatically with the employee, unless your contract explicitly states otherwise.
If you are a contractor (selfemployed), there is a different handling depending on whether you have a contract of service or a contract of work and labor (Werkvertrag vs Dienstvertrag)
Unless Philipp has no other obligation to Uni Mannheim than being a student there, then, indeed he owns the copyright and not the university. In all other cases the above (C) is most likely correct.
But this is the wrong forum for discussion on german law. In case of questions I suggest we get legal advice off-list
Sorry for confusion. I did the port in my spare time. There is no contract or anything else bound to this work. I just wanted to give the university the copyright as they have been so kind to let me work with the hardware and use their ressources for development. :)
phil
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Philipp Degler