Work problem (was Re: Internationalization Problem)

[Benoit Cerrina]

Hi,
Actually it probably would exept the timing wouldn't be right, like I said
they are curently making an example of two
employees, they are the authors of moonlight3d, (you can check it at
www.moonlight3d.org ).
But I think Christian might be right I may take the time to do a little job
search among the french open source companies.
Ben
----- Original Message -----
From: jbb <jbb at ihug.co.nz>
To: <kdevelop-devel at barney.cs.uni-potsdam.de>
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: Work problem (was Re: Internationalization Problem)


> On Thu, 09 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Benoit,
> > >
> > > I am sorry you have to stop working on open source projects.
> > > Perhaps you can still work on some at home. (That's what I did when I
> > worked at
> > > Thomson because anyway I had no Internet connection there.)
> >
> > Actually I only worked on kdevelop at home but the "Droit d'auteurs" ==
> > copyrights of what
> > an employee writes belongs to it employers if it can be argued that some
of
> > the inspiration
> > for it comes from what he does during his work hours or from interaction
> > with its coworker.
>
> My old company I worked for had the same type of agreement. If you read
their
> agreement closely even writing your memoirs, legally, could belong to the
> company ! It's funny what companies are afraid of, isn't it.
>
> We could definately use your assistance and the next stage of kdevelop is
> going to be even more fun than the last :-) Have you tried presenting
kdevelop
> to them and asking permission to work on this (in your own time, of
course).
> You never know, it might work...
>
> Regardless of all this ... have fun :-)
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> jbb
>