I think this response is spot on. I work for a s/w company as well and remember signing a bunch of documents before I started saying that all work I do is intellectual property of the company. I essentially have no rights over it. Further more, I think there was also something in the documents stating that work done on my own time could also be that of the company. Yes, I felt like I was signing my soul over to the devil at the time but, hey, I needed a job. Getting a lawyer is an option, but they (and especially good ones) are not cheap. If it was GPL/MIT you arguably never wanted any $$ anyway. So you may just end up blowing a lot of coin to make a point (which may fail as well).
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I think this response is spot on. I work for a s/w company as well and remember signing a bunch of documents before I started saying that all work I do is intellectual property of the company. I essentially have no rights over it. Further more, I think there was also something in the documents stating that work done on my own time could also be that of the company. Yes, I felt like I was signing my soul over to the devil at the time but, hey, I needed a job. Getting a lawyer is an option, but they (and especially good ones) are not cheap. If it was GPL/MIT you arguably never wanted any $$ anyway. So you may just end up blowing a lot of coin to make a point (which may fail as well).