>You need to check into intellectual property laws and whatever agreement you have with your current employer. It can cover the whole spectrum of ANY programming you do while employed by them is their intellectual property, to as long as it's non-competing it's fine for you do do outside programming.

'Strue. Sierra had such a policy. There was a big stink about people refusing to sign their employee handbooks. I doubt if the clause would've help up in court, though.