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From: dgreen@ucla-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Public domain software proclamation
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Date: Mon, 13-Apr-87 17:32:48 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 13 17:32:48 1987
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In article <197@twg-ap.UUCP> narayan@twg-ap.UUCP (Narayan Mohanram) writes:
> Most people I know have signed
>agreements with the companies that they work for, which claim
>ownership of any inventions, ideas, and such as long as they are
>conceived while the person still works for the company.

1. I never sign those stupid agreements without crossing out all the stuff
   that says my employer owns work done on my time.  Having done that now at
   5 employers, and never having been challenged, I think it's safe for you
   to do it.  I even did it at IBM, where legalisms and bureaucracy rule.

2. Legal precedent (as discussed in another posting) negates Narayam's
   admonition.  Employees DO own the work they do on their own time, regardless
   of the illegal clauses in their employment contract.  


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