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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We do work for large companies who have canned NDAs that we need to sign. If we don’t sign the canned one, we risk delaying the project or just losing the business. At the very least, we need to spend $500 to get our mouthpiece to review it. So, we always sign it </span><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>J</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>. Given that though, I am always curious as to the legality of the terms that deal with ownership, since we’re dealing with GPL license product. The way I’ve looked at it is, I’ll sign this doc but if push comes to shove, that clause won’t hold up in court because the GPL trumps the NDA. I’m curious as to others’ thoughts on this, as we don’t have the luxury of having an in-house council.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Andrew<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Intellectual Property (IP) clauses are a different story, though. In general I will strike those out entirely. They make no sense at all in an open source project. The company's rights are fully protected under [properly worded] non-disclosure. For example, every IP clause I have ever seen says that the instant Drupal is installed, they own it. I don't have that authority. What is developed specifically for them is theirs, but nothing else. And, if having done that, some of the techniques are useful for a later client, I still have the right to use them, as long as the first company's non-disclosure is honored. I am coding, not inventing light bulbs.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><strong><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:#FF007F'>Nancy</span></i></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>