[bit.listserv.ibm-main] Copying software when leaving a job

LDW@USCMVSA.BITNET (Leonard D Woren) (02/28/90)

I am posting this query for someone else.  Please reply to me (I've
set the Reply-To accordingly.)  The questions are:

(1)  How common is it to take copies of (non-copyrighted) materials
     when leaving a job?
(2)  Is there anything wrong with this?

All (polite) comments welcome.  Please reply quickly; this is somewhat
urgent.

Thanks.

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We need comments and personal experience regarding:  moving systems
programmer's personal tools when changing jobs.

A confrontation has occured between a company and a systems
programmer when he changed jobs and took his own 'files' on
tape.  The files consisted of JCL, mods, sample proclibs,
clists, etc.  Files also consisted of PPOPTION describtions and
sample IMS control information.  All material was in the public
domain, written by him, or licensed IBM libraries.