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So, what should a early startup be doing with "ip assignment"? We hire people from places like elance and odesk - and a few irl people - is there something we s

by jpadvo 12y ago

So, what should a early startup be doing with "ip assignment"? We hire people from places like elance and odesk - and a few irl people - is there something we should have been having them sign?

Spoom 12y ago
For contractors, they should have terms in their contract that assigns all copyright in their work exclusively to the company. http://www.epiclaw.net/2011/01/10/beware-work-made-hire-language-independent-contractor-agreements http://www.epiclaw.net/2011/01/10/beware-work-made-hire-lang...
graeme 12y ago
Consult a lawyer if this concerns anything important, but I know at least elance has standard terms that all IP belongs to the person who hired the contractor. https://www.elance.com/q/sites/default/files/page_pdf/legal/independent-contractor-services-agreement-13.pdf https://www.elance.com/q/sites/default/files/page_pdf/legal/... You would want to check they're not using code they don't own, of course. The agreements bans it without disclosure, but in practice I'm sure many elance contractors use GNU code without mentioning it.