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- From: messina@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk)
- Subject: Re: LINUX, Unix, and opportunity for change
- Message-ID: <1992Dec27.232450.26745@netcom.com>
- Organization: Messina Software
- References: <1992Dec17.154505.8927@bcars6a8.bnr.ca> <BzGv65.KKI@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil> <1992Dec19.170143.5265@bcars6a8.bnr.ca> <1992Dec19.173951.12503@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 23:24:50 GMT
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- goer@ellis.uchicago.edu (Richard L. Goerwitz) writes:
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- >mleech@bnr.ca (Marcus Leech) writes:
- >>
- >>Were it not for the fact that I have a job where everything I create is
- >> owned by my employer, I'd be as busy as Linus; contributing, rather
- >> than just pontificating. [Though it's certainly not unheard-of around
- >> here to be able to release freeware, just rather rare].
-
- >Did you actually sign a contract that gives them rights to code you cut
- >at home during off hours? If so, I'm quite amazed. Perhaps I'm just
- >naive, but this sounds like a form of slavery. I hope they pay you a
- >king's ransom.
-
- That is actually a common practice in many companies. Of course, you may
- argue that court might not uphold such broad definition. Nevertheless,
- I have seen it in contracts (and have singed at least one).
-
- t.
-