[Gllug] doing GPL/opensource work while working?

[Nix]

On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Andy Smith gibbered:
> It is pretty standard for a contract to include clauses that say
> that your employer owns the IP rights for anything you do that is
> related to the business you work in, while you work for them, often
> even if done in your own time, from home.

The FSF can provide a piece of boilerplate that you can give your
employer to disclaim rights in free software stuff (indeed, if you're
working on FSF-owned projects they *have* to sign such a disclaimer if
you want to keep working on those projects).

> I can only really see the problem where you happen to write
> something that later turns out to be useful to your employer, who
> then wants to restrict its availability.

... which is why you should get them to sign the piece of paper *first*.

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