On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 11:17:10PM +0100, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 09:54:04PM -0600, Nigel Hamilton wrote: > > This is also one of the few advantages of contracting ... you can > > negotiate to retain your IP ... and over time your professional library > > will grow (in theory)... which gives you more to offer future clients. > And means that you don't have to worry about contributing code to Perl > or any other project that strikes your fancy. For me, that comes right > up there with staying out of company politics :-)
Nah, I don't get this paranoia people have about not being able to work on stuff on their own time. Sure, employment contracts have that "anything you do ever we own" clause, which amongst other things gives them the copyright in letters to your grandmother. I always change that to something more reasonable before signing. After I change it to them owning anything I do using their resources, or which is *directly* related to my job, none of them have withdrawn their offers of employment, and they paid me, so they clearly accepted it. -- David Cantrell | Benevolent Dictator | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david All praise the Sun God For He is a Fun God Ra Ra Ra!
