Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Contributing to the kernel while being employed | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 30 Jul 2003 15:58:18 +0100 |
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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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