Re: gEDA-user: good books about footprint and land patterns

["David C. Kerber" <dkerber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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....

> > Another difference between Anglo American law and the rest 
> of the world:
> > Under European law an author can't give away the copyright 
> on his work. 
> > He can grant the right to use to others. But he cannot pass the 
> > copyright itself. ...
> 
> 
> That is strange. Maybe that's one reason why companies over 
> there are so reluctant to use consultants. In pretty much all 
> my consulting agreements, whenever I design something 
> patentable and that was done on
> (paid) client time it's theirs to patent. Says so in my 
> standard agreement. I recently had a lengthy negotiation with 
> a foreign client and basically said "Look, my agreement even 
> gives you more rights in that area than your version". They 
> signed it :-)

There are major differences between patents and copywrites...

D


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