With many employers, it's a universal paragraph in employment contract. If what you want to do isn't too similar, *or* would result in other conflicts, most are not unreasonable about it. Safer to check.
Mike On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 10:01 PM, Katherine Moss <katherine.m...@gordon.edu>wrote: > Though if my job is in administration of servers and not in development > of software, what would my employer need to give me permission for? That’s > like asking permission to go fishing with a fishing license. **** > > ** ** > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *David Connors > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 09, 2013 2:27 AM > > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: the Open Source community for .NET developers: the value > of joining and developing OS VS. for-proffit development**** > > ** ** > > On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Nick Hodge <nho...@microsoft.com> wrote:** > ** > > Key thing if you are contributing to Open source & having a not-so-open > source day job: getting clearance from your employer.**** > > From an earlier thread: > http://nedbatchelder.com/blog/201204/two_problems.html**** > > ** ** > > Some people, wanting an escape from their full-time job, think "I know, > I'll contribute to open source." Now they have two full-time jobs.**** > > ** ** > > David Connors > da...@connors.com | M +61 417 189 363 > Download my v-card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors > Follow me on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/davidconnors > Connect with me on LinkedIn: http://au.linkedin.com/in/davidjohnconnors*** > * > > ** ** > -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
