Still no new license -- but draft text available

[William Tanksley]

On Fri, 04 Aug 2000 18:32:01 GMT, Grant Edwards wrote:
>In article <cpu2d027t0.fsf at cj20424-a.reston1.va.home.com>, Guido van Rossum wrote:

>>I may have been using my own time, except CNRI's employment
>>agreement made *everything* I did (not just what I did in the
>>40 hours worked on CNRI projects) subject to CNRI's ownership.

>Employers can not claim ownership of things that employees do
>on their own time with their own resources.  Even if you signed
>something like that, it would likely be unenforcible. If you
>built a tool shed in your back yard over the weekend, would
>CNRI own it?  Doubt it.  If you wrote a program in your
>basement over the weekend, does CNRI own it?  Doubt it.

Actually, it's quite enforcable.  In many places it's even enforcable when
the employee has a good lawyer.  There are some NASTY clauses in some of
those employment agreements, but if you sign them you're responsible.

>Grant Edwards

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-William "Billy" Tanksley