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Businesses could prevent that by requiring employees to agree to a separate, permanent contract not to release any code as part of the conditions for being hire
by RandomOpinion 9y ago
Businesses could prevent that by requiring employees to agree to a separate, permanent contract not to release any code as part of the conditions for being hired.
- jasonkostempski 9y agoAnd they could all refuse to sign, or demand a much higher salary, due the high risk of that contract easily being broken by accident. 1 stolen unencrypted laptop, or source control checkout over an unencrypted channel, is all it would take.
- icebraining 9y agoAnd they could all refuse to sign, or demand a much higher salary Right. And you can already refuse to accept a job if all the code you produce isn't open sourced. Good luck with that on most companies, though.
- thomastjeffery 9y agoThat isn't any different from the current situation.
- jasonkostempski 9y agoIt is different because it's currently a crime by default. If someone wants to add to my contract that saying "riboflavin" out loud can get me fired and sued for damages, I'm gonna want a ton of extra money to cover the ubsurd risk.