this case relates to the License Case

Goals

  • Ensure legal ownership of code
  • Ensure compliancy to patent Requirements (verify, see Patent)
  • Keep Fair-Play against Contributors and Open Source Community

Requirements

General

  • Ownership of Copyright should be legally documented
  • Requirements of Investment Companies etc. should be met
    • IP Ownership / licensing status verification (due diligence)

Assignment

  • Assignment should be simple, if possible without paper
  • If paper neccessary, should be limited to one page
  • Developer Relationship Documentation should be separated from IP Ownership

Contributors

  • Requirements of Contributors (payed / non-payed)
    • Developers
      • optional right to use results
    • Consultants
      • optional freedom to work on other projects
    • Analysts
      • protection of own documentation / methodologies
    • Competitors
      • protection of own goals

Candidate Methods

(list available methods)

The Copyright can be obtained by several methods:

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under work:

Licensing Process#Nonexistent Copyright