>
>I think I learned the real value of an NDA (Non Disclosure Agreement).
>It's so you don't publicly humiliate your client for being such an
>idiot.
>
The really fun ones are the "intellectual property" clauses, which I have
found in numerous employment agreements. One that I found many years ago
stated that any intellectual property I owned would automatically become the
property of the employer once I agreed to work for them. I had received a few
patents at the time and had a couple more in the works. They didn't think I
would notice and struck the clause when I confronted them. The place later
became a high-tech fraternity house.
I almost joied a "Master Gardeners" group through the University of
Arizona extension service, but in the membership paperwork I found a similar
clause. At that time I was in the midst of developing a method for duplicating
the chemistry of natural rainwater, and I had no intention of having is
absconded by some unscrupulous faculty member who would simply put his/her name
on it. Needless to say, I did not join.
Many people in the professions ascend through the ranks by stealing the
work of others.
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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