Re: [MLUG] SecureFTP, University & Open Source stuff

["Daniel Nowlin" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Yea they are still POed about ProCom.  This is why I do all of my program
writing at home.  It is a small loophole and any good lawyer should be able
to use it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "McNutt, Justin M." <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
To: <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 5:29 PM
Subject: RE: [MLUG] SecureFTP, University & Open Source stuff


> Technically speaking, any software you develop while an employee of the
> University is University property.
>
> This has not stopped many people (including me) from developing and
> releasing open source software while employed here.  That's mostly another
> one of those safeguard rules to keep you from starting a
> mulit-million-dollar software company from your cubicle.  :-)  It's NOT
> meant to keep you from contributing to society.
>
> So technically, by releasing software as open source, you're giving away
> something that technically belongs to the University, not you.
>


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