Messages in this thread | | | From | Anuradha Ratnaweera <> | Subject | Re: Contributing to the kernel while being employed | Date | Wed, 30 Jul 2003 10:50:06 -0400 |
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On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 20:38, Bas Mevissen wrote: > Anuradha Ratnaweera wrote: > > 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 > > wishes to do open source development, especially as a hobby. > > > > 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.)
Anuradha
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