Re: L.Rev (C) Release

On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Michael Froomkin <froomkin[_at_]law.miami.edu> wrote:
>
> If anyone has a copy of their university's rule on the ownership of
> software written by faculty, I would be very grateful for a copy.
>
> Since time immemorial, or at least the last revision of the faculty
> manual a couple of decades ago, the University claims patentable stuff,
> but not copyrightable stuff. Now that software is on the copyright side
> of the line, the result is that our university currently does not claim
> ownership of faculty-written software, but wants to. Some people here
> argue that having a better policy than average will help with hiring of
> computer science faculty (and we may be hiring a lot soon). It would be
> helpful to know what the norms are, and especially if there are many
> other places out there with a policy like our current one.
>
> For some crime in a former life, I am on the relevant committee...

Professor Froomkin,

Try <http://cuinfo.cornell.edu/CPL/Policies/> or

    <http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/cprtpol.htm>

Danny

> Danny Shapiro
> Copyright Multimedia Manager
> Oregon State University
> 100 Cascade Hall
> Corvallis, OR 97330
> 541-737-8172 (v)
> 541-737-2488 (fax)
> <http://osu.orst.edu/admin/printing/copyright/copyright.htm>
Received on Mon Nov 08 1999 - 19:25:59 GMT