Open Source: you're doing it wrong - the Pyjamas hijack

[Adrian Hunt]

Hi there Mark

There has been a few that I know of  but going back quite a long time... Soon after I got my qualifications, a small company called Merlio, not only did the court case get passed in UK courts by it went to the European court too... I wasn't directly involved but I know the EU court upheld the decision of the UK courts.  Still there are was little to no enforcement of what they decided!!!

Any how IP IS the IP of the developer... Proving it and enforcing it is another matter!!



> To: python-list at python.org
> From: breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk
> Subject: Re: Open Source: you're doing it wrong - the Pyjamas hijack
> Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 23:44:01 +0100
> 
> On 09/05/2012 23:30, Adrian Hunt wrote:
> >
> > In the UK at least, a developers IP cannot be hijacked by a company contract. If you write some code while working for X, then X has free usage of that IP and may restrict you from using the same IP for company Y, but only for a limited time (ie 5 years)… The IP you came up with is still yours and a contract that claims your IP can (and has been in a court of law) judged to be null and void.
> >
> 
> References please, as this is completely opposite to my understanding.
> 
> -- 
> Cheers.
> 
> Mark Lawrence.
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