[Ilugc] Employee Agreement of a FOSS company
- From: arun289@xxxxxxxxx (Arun Venkataswamy)
- Date: Wed Dec 3 17:09:59 2008
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 12:24 PM, ?. ???? ???????|Sri Ramadoss M <
amachu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
While the sum of money is accumulated with the investor, the sum of
knowledge in the form individuals is extremely difficult to unite for
wide range of reasons, which the investors exploit (for individuals
involved seldom come together against investors' exploitation).
I am sorry I can't understand the context of the term 'exploitation'. Do you
mean to say that that in prop software companies - (a) In monitory terms,
the investor makes way too much money and parts with very small amount to
the employees and you belive this is wrong like a union? or (b) In
knowledge/philosophy terms that the knowledge gained or IP generated in a
project is 'owned' by the investor but not the employee? And the employee
cannot use it for his or her own benifit?
How ever you look at it-
I belive knowledge should be free and shared. I run a fully owned company
myself and I have the power and capacity to make my principles the
principles of my company. Profit or loss, both or mine.
In most software companies... read corporates - are faceless entities run
with huge sums of money invested by the investors. The primary goal of any
corporate entity is profit, profit, profit. That's why they exist. The
professionals who run these companies are evaluated based on thier ability
to maximise profit. Unless the FOSS company is non-profit or run through a
fund, I guess employee agreements would be very simlar. But correct me if I
am wrong if I thought that any run-for-profit FOSS company will be based on
support?
I know there are exceptions, but they are very few. I deal with corporates
everyday and they are all the same greedy entities whether their base is
Automotive/Software/Pharma......... Again, I am only talking about greed and
not ethics.
regards,
Arun Venkataswamy
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