It’s usually much easier to just ask for what you want before getting lawyers involved.
Comment on I wrote a program for my boss. How legal is to to write the program again and make it FOSS?
homoludens@feddit.de 11 months agoI would never rely on the opinion of my boss when the question is what my rights are. They’re usually not a lawyer and their interests are often contrary to mine.
lolcatnip@reddthat.com 11 months ago
ericjmorey@programming.dev 11 months ago
I’ve found that getting people to sign a contract is much more difficult than you’re making it out to be. A verbal agreement from your boss isn’t worth shit later when you’d need it.
lolcatnip@reddthat.com 11 months ago
Where did I say verbal?
ericjmorey@programming.dev 11 months ago
I’ll restate. Getting something is writing isn’t easy (and has high potential to involve lawyers). And verbal agreement’s aren’t worth your time. So your advice isn’t the simple thing you’re presenting.
nIi7WJVZwktT4Ze@fost.hu 11 months ago
I mean ask (or more: convince) your boss for permission to make the code publicly available.