Re: [tlug] GPL question (again!)

[Raymond Wan <rwan.kyoto@example.com>]

On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 7:16 PM, Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com> wrote:
> On 8 September 2014 12:42, Kalin KOZHUHAROV <me.kalin@example.com> wrote:
>
>> However the former dev, having a copy of the source, can release it anytime.
>
> This makes sense.


Sorry, but can either of you clarify these two statements?  Most
companies are smart enough to say in the employment contract (1)
anything done by the employee belongs to the employer and (2) upon
termination of the employment contract, any documents, etc. in the
employee's possession must be destroyed or turned over to the
employer.  Of course, if either clause is not in the employment
contract, then the employer might have a problem.  Besides the
situation here, the employee can take such source code and spin off a
competing company, for example...

Of course, if the employee obtained permission to release the source
code to the public while as an employee and the manager said, "Sure,
whatever!" then that's a problem [for the company].  But that doesn't
seem to be the case here since no source was released?

Ray