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Who owns the code?
Under copyright law, the author of a line of software code is the owner of the copyright in that code. That is, the person who physically puts fingers to the keyboard and types out the sequence of words and symbols that constitutes a line of software code is the “author” and owns the copyright to the code.
What is an example of common ownership?
In political philosophy, common ownership refers to joint ownership by all individuals in society. Examples of collective ownership include modern forms of corporate ownership as well as producer cooperatives, which are in contrast to forms of common ownership, such as a public park available to everyone.
Is there such thing as no code ownership?
You can consider this as no code ownership, but it’s advocate prefer the emphasis on the notion of ownership by a team as opposed to an individual. (The term collective code ownership comes from Extreme Programming , although in the second edition the practice is called Shared Code.)
Why is ownership of a software code important?
Ownership of the copyright in software code is important because the copyright owner controls the ability to copy, distribute, sell, or modify the code, and generally controls the ability to profit from the code.
What does it mean to have strong code ownership?
Strong code ownership breaks a code base up into modules (classes, functions, files) and assigns each module to one developer. Developers are only allowed to make changes to modules they own.
What’s the difference between collective and individual code ownership?
Collective code ownership abandons any notion of individual ownership of modules. The code base is owned by the entire team and anyone may make changes anywhere. You can consider this as no code ownership, but it’s advocate prefer the emphasis on the notion of ownership by a team as opposed to an individual.