I don't understand laws.
What you guys think about this ?
Labor Code section 2870 of the State of California:
"Any provision in an employment agreement which provides that an employee
shall assign or offer to assign any of his or her rights in an invention
to his or her employer shall not apply to an inventory that the employee
developed entirely on his or her own time without using the employer's
equipment, supplies, facilities, or trade secret information..."
henrique
On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Martin J. Bligh wrote:
> > What if the employer _is_ interested in contributing to the open source
> > under company copyright and doesn't mind using company resources, but
> > the employee prefers to keep copyright to himself. The only way he can
> > do it is by using his own resources and time (off hours). But this is
> > not possible if there is a contract that coveres the full employment
> > period, including after hours.
>
> Why do you want the copyright? So you can sue in case of violation?
> If so, then giving both yourself and your employer copyright might help ...
>
> M.
>
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