Re: Questions about Copyright Assignment

[metal alpaca]

Okay, thank you!

On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 3:35 AM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

> From: metal alpaca <ml3628800@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2023 22:24:36 -0500
>
> Hello, I have a few questions regarding copyright assignment:
>
> 1 ) Do I have to get my school/employer to sign anything?
> 2 ) If I change schools/employers, will I have to redo the whole process?
> 3 ) If I add a package to ELPA, then change to a school/employer where I’m no longer able to assign
> copyright, then would I no longer be able to push changes to that package?

Please write to Craig Topham <copyright-clerk@fsf.org> and ask him
these questions.  He will probably want to know the details of your
relationship with your school and/or the contract with your employer,
but his responses are the definitive ones.  We here are not lawyers
and cannot give you the answers to your questions.