if the foreing language is spain i have friends there :) > Hello, > > I've been involved in an LGPL, GPL and GFDL licensed project for about a > year now. Recently the project was contacted by a for profit business via > our mailing list. Their letter stated, we'd like to pay the developers to > work full-time on <productname>. They've stated that we'll develop the > product under the licenses which we're currently using and that it's their > intention to be an Open Source company. > > Well, I moved to a foriegn country, can't speak the language and I'm > going broke because I haven't been paid. I've been working here for a > month. > > I'm not being paid because I refuse to sign a contract which includes > non-competition and confidentiality clauses that would render me > unable to "freely" use the product which I've helped develop. > > I've written and sent a letter to the GNU people and am awaiting their > response. I am very open to hearing from anyone that has more insite or > experience with this type of scenario than I have. If I'm ignorant about > this situation, I'd like to hear about it; otherwise, I'm going to put on > my swimming trunks and aim my tired ass at the statue of liberty. > > I realize that I'm being extremely vague but the situation is > rather delicate and I'm not ready to go balistic, yet! If you > reply to the list and you can help but need more details, I'd probably be > willing to provide the necesary information privately. Ah, bet maybe you'd > have to write a statement for treating the situation confidentialy. :) > > Ron > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ --------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org