Re: [PLUG] intellectual property, code, employment laws, etc

[Paul <paul@dpagin.net>]

I know this is way over simplifying things, but can't you just claim 
that you developed the code in question *before* you became an employee?

Chris Hedemark wrote:

> In my experience, most employers will make you sign a form when you  
> start working there full time.  But you have the option to change the  
> wording on the agreement (yes, believe it or not, you can negotiate  
> these things).  You can specify that projects you have already been  
> working on in your own spare time still belong to you (and detail 
> those  programs).  If you start a project *after* signing an agreement 
> like  this, well, not a smart thing to do without first getting 
> written  permission from your employer and have them waive rights to 
> the  software.  If it is outside of their business interests this may 
> not be  a problem to procure.



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