Ralph Crongeyer writes: > Does anyone on this list know about or where/who to find info about > software copyright? > My specific question is this: > If I wrote a web program for my company that was being used on a > government project and then I left the company and wanted to > completely rewrite the code (it will do the same thing) and patent it > myself, is that legal? > PS: The government contract only called for an FTP server not a web > application. My manager convinced the customer that this would be > better, but never contractually obligated to produce such a thing.
Your questions about copyright and patent law are best asked of a lawyer. The debian-legal mailing list is chartered to address questions of legality and propriety that apply to software in Debian, not to third parties. (I am not a lawyer, but any employment agreements you signed with your employer would limit your options. It is likely that the software and its workings would be considered a trade secret of your employer, and that you would be barred from creating a work-alike based on what you did in their employ.) Michael Poole -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
