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    SubjectRe: Contributing to the kernel while being employed
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    On Mer, 2003-07-30 at 15:50, Anuradha Ratnaweera wrote:
    > > Isn't this whole "problem" solved if you do your hobbies in your own
    > > free time? Of course, then you should also NOT use any IP from your
    > > employer then.
    >
    > Not always. Some contracts talk about "employement", while others (most
    > are of this catagory) are about the "employement period". The latter
    > _does_ include all 24 hours of the day (I have checked it with some
    > legal folks.)

    It depends a lot on the country (and in the US even the state). You'll
    find everything from outright prohibition of your employer owning
    anything outside of working hours through to a default assumption they
    own everything you produce (where one wonders if that entitles you to
    have your sewage delivered to their CEO's office...)


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