Dear all,
we are starting a project, which we intend to put under GNU license and distribute freely according to Free Software guidelines.
I will be the main coordinator of the project, but eg for startup there will be a person working for about 4 months on some initial framework.
Now I wonder whether I should make this person sign any kind of copyright assignment or so, in order to be able to deal with licensing issues etc. on my own, once we get to a stage where the software will be useful to more people than just ourselves.
Can someone give me some guidance about the legal issues involved here ?
a) will the person working temporarily on the project have copyright on her work ?
b) is there a standard form to fill in or so
c) are there other precautions to take
d) [very specific] are there other people working for the French research organisation CNRS who know which general steps to take to ensure all copyright issues with respect to developed software are resolved ?
Thanks very much in advance,
NB: as I am not subscribed to this list, please include my address in replies
Kind regards, Marc Baaden