Contributing code to open-source in EU?

[VJ]

Robert P. J. Day wrote:

>On Tue, 30 Nov 2004, VJ wrote:
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>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.
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>in any case, if your company has no objections to you GPLing some
>off-hours work you've done, then read:
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>http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
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>toward the bottom, where it states:
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>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:
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>Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
>`Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James
>Hacker.
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>signature of Ty Coon, 1 April 1989
>Ty Coon, President of Vice
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>rday
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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