Robert P. J. Day wrote:
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004, VJ wrote:
are you sure about *all* of your work being owned by your company? that seems like a rather unreasonable restriction, unless you explicitly signed such an agreement when you were hired. that sounds like the kind of thing that companies *like* to say even when it's unenforceable.
in any case, if your company has no objections to you GPLing some off-hours work you've done, then read:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
toward the bottom, where it states:
==== ... You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names:
Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.
signature of Ty Coon, 1 April 1989 Ty Coon, President of Vice =====
rday
Thanks for the reply. I will read that and pass it on to my manager. My agreement says 'All my work during my tenure is owned by my company', but the thing I am talking about is NO work!!! It is hobby :)
VJ