Re: GPL and other licences

[John Hasler]

I wrote:
> The owner of the copyright might be able to as his copyright may have
> been infringed.  I'm assuming that he and the employer are
> different.  I don't think that the employer has any claim, though.
> He still has his property and has recourse under employment law for
> his employee's action.

Stefaan writes:
> Obviously, if the code has been modified by the employer to suit their
> business methods, the employer could sue the employee for the return of
> those modifications, and probably obtain an injunction to stop the
> employee from communicating these modifications to competitors.

Obviously, if the code has been modified by the employer the conditions I
described above are not met.
-- 
John Hasler 
john@dhh.gt.org
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA