Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Using USRP/GNURADIO Commercially

[Greg Troxel]

"Jeff Brower" <address@hidden> writes:

> Joel-
>
> Your question doesn't make sense to me.  If your clients pay you to
> develop source code that derives from, or partially incorporates, GPL
> licensed code then they own the developed source, not you.  They are
> responsible for license issues with the newly developed code.

This is getting way off topic, but this is incorrect (assuming we are
talking in the US).  Look up the "work for hire" doctrine in copyright
law.  Absent a written agreement, the general notion is the clients do
not hold copyright, but employers do.

sort of on topic: This is why the FSF asks for a disclaimer from
employers that code is not within the scope of employment.  My GNU Radio
changes, and that of my project team, are assigned to FSF, but the
assignment is from BBN since those were changes made by employees (and
done "within the scope of employment").