Re: LYNX-DEV Re: Setting up a fund for specific development?

[Robert Bonomi]

+ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 07:45:54 -0500
+ From: address@hidden (Larry W. Virden, x2487)
+ Subject: Re: LYNX-DEV Re: Setting up a fund for specific development?
+ 
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+ One tricky thing that has to be kept in mind if someone does go about
+ contracting for lynx work is the legal status of the lynx code versus
+ the contracted code.  Since lynx is GPL, that has to be taken into account
+ if the enhanced code is ever distributed.

This is a 'non-issue'.  As long as it's dealt with -beforehand-.
One simply makes it part of the deal with the contactor.
Those paying for the work have the right (legal, and moral) to 
make *all* the rules, as long as they *clearly* spell them out
with the contractor, before entering into the work agreement.
And, if the contractor doesn't like those 'rules', he/she does
*not* have to do the work.