Wow! I don't know if I've ever seen that argument turned around like that. Usually it's the company fighting to own what the employee does in their spare time. I hear Sears owns several of their Craftsman tools due to that argument.
Jesse > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Jayce^ > Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 5:14 PM > To: Provo Linux Users Group Mailing List > Subject: Re: Slashdot feed... > > On Wednesday 06 April 2005 15:04, Steve Dibb wrote: > > Okay, that makes sense then ... and explain why it > mentioned the OSDL > > employees in the article, which, at first it seemed like it > wouldn't > > matter. > > They just came down on them because Employee A works at OSDL, > but at night, he works on a different change control system. > Bitmover then told OSDL to make them stop. OSDL replied, > "Sorry, we don't control what they do on their own time". > > And that of course is another fun thread of discussion. > > anybody want to start one side or other of the argument? > > -- > Jayce^ > .===================================. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `==================================='
