[thelist] GPL / copyleft applied to web content

[martin.p.burns at uk.pwcglobal.com]

Memo from Martin P Burns of PricewaterhouseCoopers

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Hi Iris

If you're writing it as part of your employment then the copyright belongs
to your employers, and there's no getting round it, sorry.

Now if you took in something you'd written already, then you own the
rights, but if you wrote it on something which is part of the job you had
when you wrote it, then it's still likely to belong to your employers.

Of course, if they explicitly assign rights to you, then you're home
clear.

The IP of code will follow the same rules.

Cheers
Martin


To:   thelist at lists.evolt.org
Subject:  [thelist] GPL / copyleft applied to web content


dear evolters

i need some input on the copyright / copyleft issue
relating to web content.

i am going to write an 'accessible web design guide'
for use of academic staff in the UK, which will be
based on the one i already wrote for my own site.  i
don't believe in copyright and also want to make sure
my employers don't turn around one day, claim
intellectual property and ask me to remove the one on
my own site.

i have mentioned GPL / copyleft to them and they seem
to be fine with that.  the problem is that i'm not
sure which licence to apply and how.

and where does html stand?  is it code or content?  do
i just licence the content or the code too?


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