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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: The Future of FreeBSD...
Date: 2 Aug 1995 10:02:26 +0200
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Jon Jenkins <jenkinsj@ozy.dec.com> wrote:
>... I wrote most of
>the ISDN code. I asked if I could contribute to an ISDN
>driver for FreeBSD and was told no!. The decision
>is quite understandable on Digitals part. Why should
>they let me use expertise I have gained while in their
>employ (and still so) on a potential competitors product.
(No offense to you, Jon, just my opinion:)
I think this policy would be impossible in Germany. I have to ask my
employer if i'd like to make some extra money in my spare time, but as
long as i'm going to contribute to non-commercial projects and don't
use any of the company's resources, they cannot prevent me from doing
this.
I'm selling my working-power, not my body/brain to my employer.
--
cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)