From PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Fri Nov 15 02:02:55 2002 Received: from cherry.ease.lsoft.com [209.119.0.109] by dpmail10.doteasy.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-7.13) id A64FB99009C; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 02:02:55 -0800 Received: from PEAR.EASE.LSOFT.COM (209.119.0.19) by cherry.ease.lsoft.com (LSMTP for Digital Unix v1.1b) with SMTP id <1.007DB50D@cherry.ease.lsoft.com>; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 4:48:53 -0500 Received: from MITVMA.MIT.EDU by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 0345 for PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 04:48:42 -0500 Received: from MITVMA (NJE origin SMTP@MITVMA) by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LMail V1.2d/1.8d) with BSMTP id 5636; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 04:46:43 -0500 Received: from mta02-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.42] by mitvma.mit.edu (IBM VM SMTP Level 320) via TCP with SMTP ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 04:46:41 EST X-Comment: mitvma.mit.edu: Mail was sent by mta02-svc.ntlworld.com Received: from dominic ([213.107.146.146]) by mta02-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20021115094637.ZFKD6256.mta02-svc.ntlworld.com@dominic> for ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 09:46:37 +0000 References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: <06be01c28c8c$6f2e2380$92926bd5@dominic> Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 09:50:30 -0000 Reply-To: pic microcontroller discussion list Sender: pic microcontroller discussion list From: Dominic Stratten Subject: Re: [OT]: Standard contract for work? To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU X-RCPT-TO: Status: R X-UIDL: 277600617 X-Evolution-Source: pop://mailinglist%40farcite.net@mail.farcite.net/ X-Evolution: 00000741-0000 In the Uk any work done or any intellectual property dreamed up while on an Employers payroll belongs to the Employer. I.e. if you were absently mindedly drawing on a piece of paper while under the hours of employment and you suddenly became famous, the Employer would be well within their right to sell your drawings for their own profit. The same applies for programming. If you come up with a fantastic program while you are on the payroll, this belongs to the Employee, not yourself. I dont know how this works for contractors but I would be inclined to believe that any intellectual property produced while being contracted would belong to the people who were employing the contract worker (unless otherwise stated in their contract). -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.