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From: richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Non-Disclosure Agreements and Rights to Invention
Message-ID: <10245@gryphon.COM>
Date: 3 Jan 89 09:30:31 GMT
References: <6185@louie.udel.EDU> <395@laic.UUCP>
Reply-To: richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton)
Organization: Trailing Edge Technology, Redondo Beach, CA
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In article <395@laic.UUCP> darin@nova.UUCP (Darin Johnson) writes:
>
>This sounds fine, but...  What about using the equipment on your own
>time?  Such as UNIX utilities/etc. which are difficult to do on your
>Amy at home.  I ran into this snag awhile back.  I had written a program

My father in law is a lawyer.  When I have to sign one of this
non-disclosure things, I get him to look at it first. I had
to sign one when I worked at a division of Bell & Howell that
said ``any software AT ALL you write while employed at
Bell & Howell, even if you write it on your own machine on
your own time, belongs to Bell & Howell''

Now, it didn't come right out and say that, but it worded such
that that was the only possible conslusion. I crossed out that
part and signed it.  They took it.

It doesnt matter what you sign.  You have rights under the law,
(which vary greatly from state to state, right DBW ? :-) which
you DO NOT give up by signing something that appears to give your
rights away.

In this example, if I hadn't have crossed out that clause,
it wouldn't have stuck, because that would be illegal - in
california.

If you are serious about writing software for money, and you
write software for somebody else for a living, ESCPECIALLY
if want you want to write for yourself may be construed
as competative, you ned to talk to a lawyer.

What you read on the net is worth exactly what it costs you. Or
less.

Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer. But I look like one.



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