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Clash of the GPL and Other IP Agreements?
Daimaou asks: "A situation I'm involved in at work has raised some questions regarding the GPL vs. IP agreements. When I started working for my employer several years ago I signed an IP agreement that states anything I think while working for them is theirs, as well as anything I've ever thought in the past if it enters their building; dumb, but I needed a job." To make a long story short: Daimaou wrote some code derived from GPLed sources. Now his company wants to take control over what he's written. IP agreements aside, this sounds like a GPL violation since the company's IP can't override IP already established by the original GPLed code. Daimaou also says the company is trying to patent at least some of the code. Is there anything Daimaou, or anyone else for that matter, can do to get the company to cut short their plans and play fair with IP that obviously doesn't belong entirely to them?
"About a year and a half ago, I brought in some source code that I had worked on prior to working here; after receiving verbal OKs that the code would remain mine.
My code was derived from code I got from IBM's Developer Works website and also ActiveState's website; all of which was released under the GPL. I made a lot of additions to the software of my own, but the parts from the above sources were integral pieces and without them, my code wouldn't work.
Now, my employer is trying to lay claim to this software and has filed at least one patent on it that I know of. They have also distributed it but refuse to make the source public. They claim that because of my IP agreement, they have full rights to this source code.
I would like to hear what other readers think and perhaps get some suggested courses of action from people who are smarter with regards to law and the GPL than I am."
My code was derived from code I got from IBM's Developer Works website and also ActiveState's website; all of which was released under the GPL. I made a lot of additions to the software of my own, but the parts from the above sources were integral pieces and without them, my code wouldn't work.
Now, my employer is trying to lay claim to this software and has filed at least one patent on it that I know of. They have also distributed it but refuse to make the source public. They claim that because of my IP agreement, they have full rights to this source code.
I would like to hear what other readers think and perhaps get some suggested courses of action from people who are smarter with regards to law and the GPL than I am."
GNAA announces victory over the state of Georgia
Atlanta, GA (GNAAP)
-GuyNiguere
GNAA members were able to breathe a sigh of relief as fellow nigger Brian Nichols came home after a lengthy ordeal. He was charged with rape which is a common southern tactic to eradicate our kind. While on trial in an Atlanta courtroom and bravely liberated himself to make a run for the GNAA worldwide headquarters on the Niger River, during the struggle he overcame the repression of a police officer, a half-Jewish judge, and a full jew reporter. He then stole a green Honda Accord and was last reported waving his thick-veiny nigger cock in the direction of the courthouse and screaming "lol Jews" repeatedly.
I contacted the GNAA legal department and was immediately told by legal council chairman g0sp-hell "(Mr. Nichols) did the right thing, it is against our laws to stand trial for any crimes committed by members in any other venue but ours, in addition Mr. Nichols has admitted to having sex with a female creature which will be punished by forcing him to sit through a slide-show of Latvian internet art. His actions, however, are not tantamount to rape as he did yell "surprise" before penetration."
I have been told by anonymous sources within the GNAA that Mr. Nichols is recovering from his sentence and has been put to work manually crapflooding suicide notes on livejournal.com.
White media story can be found here: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050311/D88OT3J00 .html.
About Atlanta:
Despite being a sprawling metropolis and spawning one of the largest media conglomerates the world has seen Atlanta, GA is still just an airport hub and still discourages niggery in all its forms.
About livejournal.com:
livejournal allows homosexuals and emo kids the freedom to post douchebag ramblings for other douchebags to enjoy. It is actually one of the original blog sites that have given birth to the disgusting journalism trend towards second-hand rants being considered valid news sources.
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