I have written a program on company time. Therefore I know that it is the companies property. However, the company is not a software company and will never be a software company. the software can be used for a lot of other purposes beside what we use it for. I and I alone wrote the software. I am the only developer in the company.

I asked the President/Owner about letting me sell the software and he told me he would give me a commission. Problem is he has no idea what he is talking about. I would have to support it, Create a web site to market it, run customer service, etc. All on my own time, and he wants me to simply take a small commission. Not going to happen

I am looking for a little advice as to where a line can be drawn.

If I take the software and simply upgrade it to .net from VB6 is this now no longer considered their software if done on my time.

If I go home and rewrite from memory, is this considered my software.

Any general rules I can follow??