[antlr-interest] submission of patches, fixes, other contributions
John D. Mitchell
johnm-antlr at non.net
Tue May 31 10:48:40 PDT 2005
>>>>> "Bryan" == Bryan Ewbank <ewbank at gmail.com> writes:
[...]
> I think this is the same topic; sorry if I misunderstood...
It is. It's two sides of the same roll of coins. :-)
> Some of us do software for a living, and we have signed something with
> our employer saying "all my software belong to you" (more or less).
Indeed.
> That means, using me as an example, that I cannot simply send a patch to
> ANTLR; I have to get my employer to say it is "a good thing" to
> contribute to ANTLR.
Yes.
> By saying Terence can blame me if my employer comes hunting for blood, it
> gets him out of the middle. He has a paper trail saying I told him it
> was okay, so they can come hunting my head instead of Terence's.
Alas, if they want to, they can still come after Ter's head even with your
indemnification.
> Yes, there is F/OSS. No, I can't blithely contribute to it - my employer
> is paying for exclusive use.
Bummer,
John
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