On Wed, March 23, 2005 7:31 am, Marc M said: > Hello: > > I have a 'technical' question that does not involve technology > specifically, but I am hoping that someone on the list can help me. I > have an employment possibility doing Red Hat Enterprise Linux and a > lot of security stuff. I really want the job but they are making me > sign this Stalinist contract to the effect that ANYTHING now or in the > future (thoughts, concepts, software, plans, processes, RECORDINGS, > images, etc.) -- is THEIRS. You wouldn't believe it if I had time to > type everything. Basically I am a slave to them from now on. > > That's right, anything NOW OR IN THE FUTURE, on the job or off. So if > you are configuring/writing/tweaking software all day, one would > <think> that you would later be liable or subject to just about > anything they want to claim. Think about it. Who doesn't learn and > grow from one job to another? Who doesn't apply > things/practices/habits/processes, from place A to place B? > > I beat out every other candidate from multiple agencies with this. I > have come a LOOOOONG way in this process with the recruiter and I am > formulating a letter to the effect of 'I am sorry but I am not signing > my life away and if it's a dealbreaker so be it'. I also included > some HUGE info to show that I am interested in 'educating' these > recruiter types as to the restrictions they are placing on something > that is suppossed to be 'open'. I am beginning to conclude that some > people and opportunities are not worth fooling with, since they come > with more headaches than they are worth. > > Does anyone know a qualified lawyer in the space of OSS that > understands contracts, employment, and the GPL for starters? If > someone can represent me in this matter I may actually be able to go > forward and strike through terms and conditions. And have any of you > run into similar situations? What did you do? Finally let me > underscore that this goes WAAAY beyond the typical 'trade > secrets'/proprietary information type verbiage, which I would consider > normal and reasonable under most circumstances. > > Thanks > Marc
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