[Gllug] "Open source has its own problems" - article inComputing

[Huw Lynes]

On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 16:02, Morris, Simon wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 15:50 +0100, Rob Crowther wrote:
> 
> > Intellectual Property - he states that all work done when in full time
> > employment, whether at work or at home on personal time, is property
> > of
> > the employer, the natural conclusion of this is that most OSS is
> > actually stolen from people's employers.
> 
> I've heard about (and boggled at) this concept before... it seems
> outrageous that things I work on in my own time could be property of my
> employer.

I'm pretty sure the law is that stuff you produce during working hours
(ie when on the employers dime) is the property of the employer. Which
is why many OSS hackers have OSS exemptions in their contracts.

Hacking on OSS in your spare time does not count.

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