Messages in this thread | | | From | "Henning P. Schmiedehausen" <> | Subject | Re: Contributing to the kernel while being employed | Date | Thu, 31 Jul 2003 12:58:55 +0000 (UTC) |
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Anuradha Ratnaweera <anuradha@ratnaweera.net> writes:
>Before working for a commercial organization, one usually has to sign a >contract which makes all the work done during the period of employment >(including innovations, "hobby" coding done during "after hours") >copyrighted by the employer. This introduces various problems when one
This is neither possible in Germany ("sittenwidrig") nor can an employer slap a Copyright on code that you've wrote in your free time (Copyright stays with the Author (This is "Urheberrecht" und "Verwertungsrecht" in Germany)).
Exec summary: Don't sign such an agreement. Sounds like slavery to me.
Regards Henning
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