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I work for Google, and I've asked for -- and been granted -- IP for a side project I've been working on. Actually under California state law I probably had righ
by kcorbitt 10y ago
I work for Google, and I've asked for -- and been granted -- IP for a side project I've been working on. Actually under California state law I probably had rights to the IP anyway (I haven't worked on it at work or with work resources) but I've been officially granted a legal promise that Google won't sue me into bankruptcy to try and assert ownership. :)
It wasn't a hard thing to do, and I get the impression that unless you're planning on directly competing with something they care about, they're pretty liberal with such releases.
- mifreewil 10y agoSeems like a bad idea, why would you ask for permission? If you're not using company resources and unless you tell the company about some IP they don't know about, they aren't going to sue you. You're just giving them the option to assert themselves.
- kcorbitt 10y agoIf nothing ever comes of it, it doesn't matter either way. If it becomes successful enough to launch into its own company, there is a huge disadvantage to not having the IP situation clarified up front. For one thing, investors get very concerned about even the remote possibility of someone else trying to claim copyright to your code. And once you are successful, it's not safe (or ethical, really) to just assume your [former] employer will never hear about it and connect the dots.