[OT] advice needed.

2000-09-29 Thread Vladislav Safronov
Hi, I know it's very OT, but don't kick me I just need advice. I am going to work in a Web Company to write some mod_perl apps. They gave me a contract (I think the terrible one) which contains paragraph (among the others) that signs the rights to all inventions over to them. The problem is ..

Re: [OT] advice needed.

2000-09-29 Thread Alexander Farber (EED)
Vladislav Safronov wrote: I am going to work in a Web Company to write some mod_perl apps. They gave me a contract (I think the terrible one) which contains paragraph (among the others) that signs the rights to all inventions over to them. The same paragraph (the inventions resulted from

Re: [OT] advice needed.

2000-09-29 Thread John Reid
"Alexander Farber (EED)" wrote: Vladislav Safronov wrote: I am going to work in a Web Company to write some mod_perl apps. They gave me a contract (I think the terrible one) which contains paragraph (among the others) that signs the rights to all inventions over to them. The same

Re: [OT] advice needed.

2000-09-29 Thread David Hodgkinson
"Vladislav Safronov" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, I know it's very OT, but don't kick me I just need advice. I am going to work in a Web Company to write some mod_perl apps. They gave me a contract (I think the terrible one) which contains paragraph (among the others) that signs the

RE: [OT] advice needed.

2000-09-29 Thread Peiper,Richard
take your ideas and knowledge with you when you leave), but I still don't like it. Richard -Original Message- From: John Reid [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 8:41 AM To: Alexander Farber (EED) Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [OT] advice needed

RE: [OT] advice needed.

2000-09-29 Thread Vladislav Safronov
, September 29, 2000 4:32 PM Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [OT] advice needed. Vladislav Safronov wrote: I am going to work in a Web Company to write some mod_perl apps. They gave me a contract (I think the terrible one) which contains paragraph (among the others) that signs the rights

Re: [OT] advice needed.

2000-09-29 Thread Chris Lewis
Vladislav Safronov wrote: http://vlad.narod.ru/contract.html is it really looks like a usual thing? Fairly usual, once read carefully and you realize that they're only claiming inventions that relate to them/resourced by them - the rest is disclosure, in an attempt to forestall any future

RE: [OT] advice needed.

2000-09-29 Thread Peiper,Richard
PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 11:29 AM To: modperl Subject: Re: [OT] advice needed. Vladislav Safronov wrote: http://vlad.narod.ru/contract.html is it really looks like a usual thing? Fairly usual, once read carefully and you realize that they're only claiming

Re: [OT] advice needed.

2000-09-29 Thread Michael Dearman
Where the heck does trying to do the right thing by GPL (or similar), in attempting to return some improved OpenSource code to the community. Or however the license phrases it. Shouldn't these contracts address that issue specifically, especially when the project is _based_ on OpenSource/GPL'd

Re: [OT] advice needed.

2000-09-29 Thread ed
Mike, I think many developers share a similar desire to not have projects (that leverage free software) close down what are really generic programming techniques, routines, classes, protocols, etc. And further, we'd like to contribute enhancements and documentation based upon our work. I'd