[RP TownTalk] PG County Board of Education

[Lou King]

Does seem odd.

However, these words sounds a lot like what many employees sign or is 
found in company policies where intellectual property may be involved. 
In fact the two policies I signed extended for 6 months after I left 
those companies.  Their view (the company's) was that they were paying 
for my mind and originality and they figured they got ALL of it. So if I 
did some "original" thinking NOT at or related to work, they were not 
getting all they were paying for so they owned that stuff too.

As for students, I don't remember but others may remember who owns their 
Masters or Doctoral thesis?  "works created during school/... hours, 
with the use of school system materials, and within the scope of ... [a] 
student’s classroom work assignment(s) are the
properties of ..."

I know for a fact the U of Arkansas (where he was getting his Dr.) and 
my collage argued over who owned the computer simulation (read business 
computer game) I wrote illustrating/implementing the instructor's 
thesis. I was happy, I graduated.

I also know of a thesis that does not contain the truth, the whole 
truth. U of Missouri thesis are public knowledge and a faster/better 
solution to the traveling salesman problem was worth big bucks in 1970 
(and now).

Lou
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