COIN-OR Contributor's Statement of Respect for Ownership

Contributor's Statement of Respect for Ownership

I certify that

(a) I have read and understood the statement below on Ownership of
    Intellectual Property;

(b) for any contribution I make to the COIN-OR Foundation repository, I will
    make all reasonable efforts to determine the legal owners of the 
    contribution, and I will obtain the permission of the owners of the 
    contribution to make the contribution available under an open source
    license certified by the Open Source Initiative;

(c) if I am employed, I have discussed contributing to COIN-OR with my
    employer and have obtained their permission to contribute or have determined that
    they do not assert ownership rights to my contributions;

(d) I will not knowingly submit any contribution of which I am not the owner
    or for which I do not have the owner's permission;

(e) for any contribution I make to an existing project I will use
    the same license the project was released under.

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Ownership of Intellectual Property

The creator of a work may not be the sole owner of the intellectual property
associated with the work.  In general, *any* individual or organization which
contributed resources to the development of a work may be a co-owner.  The
legal ownership depends on the particulars of the situation and the contracts
involved.  Some employment contracts assert that the employer has ownership
rights to any work created by the employee, even if that work is created
outside of regular working hours and without the use of the organization's
resources.  Also, an employer may be fine with contributions to one project
but not to another.

Contributors should consult with their management, legal counsel, and/or
technology transfer officers when determining the legal ownership of a
contribution.