[License-review] Review for the NIST Software License

[Carlo Piana]

----- Messaggio originale -----
> Da: "Rob Landley" <rob at landley.net>
> A: "license-review at lists.opensource.org" <license-review at lists.opensource.org>
> Inviato: Martedì, 30 settembre 2025 21:36:45
> Oggetto: Re: [License-review] Review for the NIST Software License

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> 
> The trick they use is to hire contractors, who are not technically
> "employees" of the government and thus get copyrights to the works they
> create, and then have those contractors (or subcontractors, whatever the
> shell game is this week) assign their copyrights to the government as
> part of the contract.
> 

However insane this is, it makes some sense. I assumed it being work for hire it would follow the same rule, and I was obviously wrong.

On the Berne Convention, I could be wrong as well, but it being a copyright union, it should work ubiquitously in the same way, at least on the generalities (obtain the right, not obtain the right). But we are (I am) digressing.

Thank you for the clarification.

Carlo



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