Re: lawyers.

[robert b <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

Thanks!  I'll tell him.

--- DAVID <http://www.msn.com/~dg> wrote:
> Hi there!
> 
> Being a downtown SF lawyer he is not cheap but he knows his stuff.  To 
> minimize cost, be sure to have your request sucinctly stated when you meet 
> him.  If possible maybe you can get him to revise your contract not only to 
> let you do your open-source stuff but also royalties on your 'on company 
> time' inventions too!  And don't forget to look for patentable technology 
> within your open source software -- you deserve to make a profit from your 
> efforts just as much as joe tinkerer tinkering in his garage after hours.
> 
> Big companies have teams of lawyers who knock themselves out trying to write 
> employment contracts that keep as much for the company as possible, under 
> the assumption that most employees will just kind of sign it thankful to be 
> given a job.  All engineers need to be an active and persistent partner in 
> the making of the contract. You don't get what you deserve, you get what you 
> negotiate!
> 
> Then become rich, work only a few hours per month, and devote your life to 
> philanthropic pursuits.
> 
> DG
> 
> ps: if you meet with him, give him my greetings and tell him I got my 
> patent agent's license.
>