On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 13:27:55 -0700, John Thomas Smith <jt*****@pacifier.com>
wrote:
On 25 Aug 2005 13:23:52 -0700, "bobh" <vu******@isp.com> wrote:I'm an employee of a company that is selling the part of its business
that I have written several Access database applications for to another
company, along with the sale the other company wants the supporting
databases and once the sale/move is done I'm being downsized.
Do I have any rights/says in relation to the Access applications I have
created????
That is a matter of a labor law attorney, not a programming group
If your employment contract SAYS you own your own work (which is
VERY doubtful) then you do... but without some SPECIFIC language
in your employment contract, the work you do FOR the company
belongs TO the company and not to you
John Thomas Smith
http://www.direct2usales.com
http://www.pacifier.com/~jtsmith
By the way - the key to that is that Bob is an employee. If he were a
consultant, it would be much more complicated. Without a contract that says
who owns the code, the laws and precidents vary from state to state.
Technically, I think most states default to the code belonging to the
contractor, but it really boils down to who's willing to pay more in
attorney's fees.
If you're a consultant - get it in writing.
