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Article #1341Re: Company/Employee rights to home developed MAC software
From: Brad Parker
Date: Tue, 07 May 1985 13:02
Date: Tue, 07 May 1985 13:02
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In article <2024@decwrl.UUCP> vantreeck@logic.DEC writes: >...told by my manager, who has consulted with the DEC's legal department, that >DEC owns all software that I develop at home on my MAC. And DEC has forbidden >me to put any of my software on the ENET or any other net... > George Van Treeck > Digital Equip. Corp. If you own the mac, and develope the software at home, and it has nothing to do with your work (as far as ideas), I do believe that your employer has no right to the software. If they own the mac, well, you owe them for the use of the machine, but I still think the software is yours. As for other companies, I'd reconcider the "nature of my relationship" with an employee who told me my home software was his. I'd probably also call his bluff (but then, that's me...) -- J Bradford Parker uucp: seismo!harvard!gcc-bill!brad "She said you know how to spell AUDACIOUSLY? I could tell I was in love... You want to go to heaven? or would you rather not be saved?" - Lloyd Coal
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site gcc-bill.ARPA Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!gcc-bill!brad From: brad@gcc-bill.ARPA (Brad Parker) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Re: Company/Employee rights to home developed MAC software Message-ID: <255@gcc-bill.ARPA> Date: Tue, 7-May-85 09:02:18 EDT Article-I.D.: gcc-bill.255 Posted: Tue May 7 09:02:18 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 10-May-85 08:26:41 EDT References: <2024@decwrl.UUCP> Reply-To: brad@gcc-bill.UUCP (Brad Parker) Organization: General Computer Company, Cambridge Ma (Home of the HyperDrive) Lines: 23