From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Anuradha Ratnaweera <anuradha@ratnaweera.net>
Cc: Bas Mevissen <ml@basmevissen.nl>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Contributing to the kernel while being employed
Date: 30 Jul 2003 15:58:18 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1059577097.8041.50.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1059576606.1759.31.camel@anuradha>
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...)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-07-30 15:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-07-30 14:50 Anuradha Ratnaweera
2003-07-30 14:58 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2003-07-30 15:13 ` Bas Mevissen
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-07-30 15:11 Anuradha Ratnaweera
2003-07-30 16:31 ` Martin J. Bligh
2003-07-30 16:58 ` henrique2.gobbi
2003-07-30 17:16 ` Martin J. Bligh
2003-07-30 17:43 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-07-30 15:05 Downing, Thomas
2003-07-30 14:13 Anuradha Ratnaweera
2003-07-30 14:36 ` Wichert Akkerman
2003-07-30 14:38 ` Bas Mevissen
2003-07-30 14:46 ` Larry McVoy
2003-07-30 15:05 ` Alan Cox
2003-07-30 18:42 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-07-30 15:08 ` Martin J. Bligh
2003-07-30 18:54 ` brian
2003-07-31 12:58 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
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