tomhudson's Journal: Stupid (former) boss trix: Filing off the GPL notices

I'm looking through the backups I have of various files that were used for different projects that used my simple web framework, which was written before I started working at my previous employer. While the php files mostly still contain my copyright notices or a GPL notice, head.en.php has been modified to say that it is copyright by my former boss.

I did not do that modification, and I didn't authorize it. Methinks I should send somebody a request to get into compliance.

On another site (the one in contention - http://moroccanoilloyalty.com) the GPL notice is still intact on the emitted header - for now.

This is the same code I developed when I built alphagfx.com, again before I ever heard of him. And that was based on code that's from 2007-2008.

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[RM6f9]

So, she's a crusader. Finding things and people that don't fit her (or the laws' she lives with) ideas of what's Right, and doing what she can to fix them, by bringing them to public and legal scrutiny. While one can see where those with guilty consciences might prefer she were less intensely thorough about her actions, and some of us would like to see her bring a healthier approach by way of taking better care of herself and focusing more on leading by positive example than so actively resisting these p

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[tomhudson]

Thanks for the support, and yes, I don't believe I will see any money out of my former boss without the government "inducing" him.

It's not just the bounced paycheck, etc. When he was away for a week in Florida over the holidays, the quantity of complaints for non-delivery that came in from people I had never heard of was just scary.

One of the details I left out about his scheme to convert me from a regular employee to a contract employee was that he wanted me to bill him on a monthly basis. In other wo

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[Suki I]

If employer is broke, government inducement might not be much help :(

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[tomhudson]

Up here, employees wages come first at the bankruptcy feeding trough, even before preferred creditors and the tax man.

Also, there's no reason for them not to go against him and his partner personally ... the corporate veil doesn't cover illegal acts :-)

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[tomhudson]

Fortunately, I do find the time to see the good, even in this situation. Let me list some of the things I've learned:

1. I've learned just how corrosive and undermining it can be to be discriminated against because of my gender, even in a field where I have enough experience that I should be able to just "shrug it off", so I'm going to more open about speaking out against it when I see it done to other women, and hopefully, recognize it quicker when I see it done to me; I won't turn into a militant, but hop

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[tomhudson]

Please don't be such a jerk. Genes aren't the whole story - not when someone who the Olympics said was a man ended up giving birth to a child later on, with no "medical magic" or assistance.

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[tomhudson]

I'll concede the point to a certain extent. Not that "you willingly deal with them knowing full well what you're walking into", but yes, that I tend to stay too long when it goes south.

However, what is the alternative? Up and quitting and abandoning the 3rd parties (the customers)?

We all know people who look for excuses - any excuses - to say "Too bad, it can't be done, don't blame me, it's the fault of __INSERT_SOMEBODY_ELSE__". These are often the same people who are "hard of hearing" when you try to

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[Bill Dog]

only hears

Well there's your problem right thar. Commit to nothing verbally/be extremely vague when speaking about obligations. The std answer should always be that you'll need to briefly look into it to be able to give a valid answer, and that you'll email (i.e. document in writing) your assessment very shortly.

I had the greatest boss in the world two jobs ago, but he pulled that shit on me once, and I only let it work on me once. For anything you can be trapped with, you have to be able to direct your boss

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[tomhudson]

That's one of the things I did - "please put it in an email."

And wow, did I get resistance to that!

It's amazing how many people want to take up your time, but don't want to "waste" 5 minutes of their time organizing their thoughts and putting it in writing. Of course, these are the same people who don't organize their thoughts and STILL put it in writing on facebook ... which explains why the 420 character limit works so well for them. Biologists will tell you that higher life forms are more organized

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[gmhowell]

Just because Barbie is a modern day Don Quixote, it doesn't mean that occasionally the ogres AREN'T windmills.

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[tomhudson]

You know, that's one book I've never read, that I really should read. I see that project gutenberg has it ... and it takes the first 39 pages just for the translators notes, etc.

http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/readfile?fk_files=1444242&pageno=40 [gutenberg.org]

Then again, perhaps not - it's full of sonnets ... I prefer limericks.

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[gmhowell]

Or you could watch Man of La Mancha. I hear Robert Goulet is a sexy beast. (Ok, ok, if you get the film, it is Peter O'Toole...)