IANAL, so not going to give you advise on this scenario :) I tend to prevent this scenario, by starting an "open source" for such things. Most employers will say yes to this, especially if you invest a lot of your own time in creating this :) I started doing it like this, since at a certain point in time, I was promised I could use that code base in any way I wanted and couldn't get permission when leaving that company. (my project xulux is an example of this, although sadly enough I lack the time to work on it)
Just some thoughts ;) Mvgr, Martin Matt Benson wrote: > First, my apologies for the cryptic subject line. I > am woefully ignorant of the relevant legal jargon. > > Next, note that this email is NOT related to my > various twitchings regarding bringing the Morph > project to Apache. Moving on... > > I should qualify that I am a US citizen, so the > relevant IP laws would apply AFAIK. Now let's say I > write a Java library at work, but it's something that > is (a) useful and (b) fairly unique, and I think it > would make a nice commons component. Time passes, I > change jobs, and based--no bullshit--entirely on my > recollection of the functionality I had implemented > before, I re-implement something extremely similar in > the commons sandbox for eventual consideration for the > commons proper. I've heard various things to the > effect that you can't be held responsible for what you > remember (unless you're Ben Affleck in Paycheck); can > anyone comment on experience with this type of > question wrt the ASF? What does it take to prove that > I in no way referred to the original code beyond what > remained in my head? The resulting code would > probably be similar though not identical to the > original, but the functionality would be nearly > identical unless I totally freaked out in some way. > > fwiw, I've subscribed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in case > having done so in the past would have made me a > better-informed citizen to begin with. :| > > -Matt > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. > Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. > http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
