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I'd like to ask you to sign a disclaimer for the program, thus putting
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it in the public domain. (For a small program such as this, it's not
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worth our trying to assert a copyleft.)
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I, <name of person>, hereby disclaim all copyright interest in my
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program <program> which does <one-line desription>.
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I affirm that I have no other intellectual property interest
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that would undermine this release, and will do nothing to undermine
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it in the future. I represent that the work is my own and not
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a copy of someone else's work.
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<signature and date>
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*Don't forget to include the date.*
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Spell out the month name--don't use a number for the month. Dates
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using a number for the month are ambiguous; 2/8/95 means one thing in
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the US and another in Europe.
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If you are employed to do programming (even at a university), or have
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made an agreement with your employer or school saying it owns programs
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you write, then we also need a signed disclaimer from your employer
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or school.
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This disclaimer should be signed by a vice president or general
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manager of the company. If you can't get at them, anyone else
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authorized to license software produced there will do. Here is a
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sample wording:
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Digital Stimulation Corporation hereby disclaims all copyright interest
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in the program "seduce" (a program to direct assemblers to make passes at
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compilers under GNU Emacs) written by Hugh Heffner, including both the
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present version of the program and his/her future changes and
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enhancements to it. We do not consider it or them as a work made
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for hire for us.
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Digital Stimulation Corporation affirms that it has no other
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intellectual property interest that would undermine this release,
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and will do nothing to undermine it in the future.
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<signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1987
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Ty Coon, President of Vice, Digital Stimulation Corp.
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If your employer says they do have an intellectual property claim that
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could conflict with the use of the program, then please put me in
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touch with a suitable representative of the company, so that we can
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negotiate what to do about it.
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IMPORTANT: When you talk to your employer, *no matter what
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instructions they have given you*, don't fail to show them the sample
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disclaimer above, or a disclaimer with the details filled in for your
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specific case. Companies are usually willing to sign a disclaimer
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without any fuss. If you make your request less specific, you may
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open Pandora's box and cause a long and unnecessary delay.
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Please snail the signed disclaimers to:
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Attn: Disclaimer Clerk
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Free Software Foundation
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59 Temple Place, Suite 330
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Boston, MA 02111-1307
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USA
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Please print your email address on the printed disclaimer.
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