Open Source Taint?

[Jan Claeys]

Op wo, 15-02-2006 te 21:23 -0600, schreef Ben Woosley:
> I've recently been offered employment by a large software company, and 
> in discussing the terms of my employee agreement, it's come up that 
> browsing the source of open source projects, particularly those under 
> the GPL, should be avoided because it may "taint" the software I later 
> produce.  That is, someone could claim I'm violating the derivative 
> works stipulation of the GPL.

This same problem exists when you change employers; you might
accidentally use something you wrote for your previous employer, who
might have more money to sue them than an average open source
developer...

(And I agree with Paul O'Malley that the sounder list is a better place
to ask such questions.)


-- 
Jan Claeys