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<DIV>As you’re probably aware in a lot of places that’s the default and not the
exception. I’ve worked with a lot of people who’ve mistakenly believed that
anything they develop outside of the office or on your own time doesn’t belong
to the company you work for without a specific exception contractually. </DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=toba@des.truct.org
href="mailto:toba@des.truct.org">Eric Stein</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 04, 2011 11:14 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=discuss@lists.hackerspaces.org
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[hackerspaces]http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory-written-by-christine-miserandino/</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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refuse to become employed at a company that does not allow me to develop my own
projects on my own time that belong to me.<BR><BR>You own a portion of my time,
not a portion of my mind.<BR><BR>Eric<BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>