If you wrote the source code on your own time and your own resources then
you are the owner of that code unless your contract says otherwise.
Now the fact that you have used that code in your company grays the lines.
This all depends on your contract. What I have done on the past is release
a particular version in an encrypted format to Public Domain.
This gets rid of any problems.
At 08:59 AM 7/31/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Hmmm, I developed a content management system. A simple one, but cool
>nonetheless. I did this on my own time, with my own resources. Then I saw a
>need for it at my current employer's and implemented it into our websites.
>Works great! However, I am leaving here soon.
>
>I don't mind leaving the application intact, but I also don't want my
>successor messing around with my code. So I encrypted it.
>
>My contract says nothing about 'ownership of source code' or 'software
>developed while in the employ of...' I believe I am within my rights to
>leave this part of the site encrypted. Opinions?
>
>Guy
>
>"Wherever there are two extremes, you often find the answer lays somewhere
>in the middle."
>~My Grade 13 Biology Teacher
>
>
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