>>I know that contractually I would not be allowed to add code to a public domain. Even if it is a little generic function, every thing I write is the property of my employer, and I dare say there are a lot of people in the same boat.
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>Everything you write? Even stuff you write in your own time that doesn't pertain to the business of the employer?
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>Actually, I had an employer that had this type of language in the employee agreement. Anything I wrote (no matter what) that could be used by the company for its business (they used both VFP and SQL Server) would fall under their jurisdiction. I didn't sign it and I went to the legal department to explain my reasons. We ended up drafting an addendum.
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>Terms that all encompassing are ridiculous, IMO.

Larry,

I agree. I would bet that the greater share of code we see posted here and elsewhere was created while technically working for someone else and most of that was done without any qualifying addendum.

Renoir