Date: Tue, 9 Aug 88 16:39:31 EDT
Message-Id: <8808092039.AA00507@CAROLINGIA.MIT.EDU>
From: "Robert S. French" <rfrench@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
Sender: rfrench@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
To: bgardner@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Subject: [Jerome H. Saltzer: re: legal question]


----- Begin Forwarded Message
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 88 15:57:54 EDT
To: "Robert S. French" <rfrench@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
Subject: re: legal question
In-Reply-To: "Robert S. French" <rfrench@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>'s message of Tue, 9 Aug 88 14:22:34 EDT
From: Jerome H. Saltzer <Saltzer@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>

> If an MIT student develops a piece of software using Athena equipment,
> but does not do it under the employ of any MIT organization (Athena
> included), who owns the copyrights?

Rob,

There is a written policy on the subject that you might want to get a
copy of.  It covers all the various combinations: students, staff,
faculty, paid work, unpaid work, trivial use of resources,
substantial use of resources, and use of Athena resources.

Unfortunately, I can't find my copy of the policy statement right
now, so this is from memory: As I recall, for the case you describe,
the student owns the software, but M.I.T. has the right to use it for
internal purposes.

					Jerry

----- End Forwarded Message