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If you're developing things that would be useful for your startup (you're the lead developer, I have to assume you make a lot of decisions as to how to do thing
by ohashi 16y ago
If you're developing things that would be useful for your startup (you're the lead developer, I have to assume you make a lot of decisions as to how to do things)... then I would think you need to at least discuss the issue with your partners/bosses/investors.
Your name should definitely be on the code, but the bigger question I think is - should theirs?
- mtsmith85 16y agoThat is an interesting point. Which, as I'm not a founder (First FT employee here), means that anything I d for work is owned by the founders' company. I wonder how it relates to patents. Even at large firms, the person who "developed" the idea would be listed as the author; but very often other higher ups are listed to (for example, Steve Jobs on a ton of Apple patents.) Do these companies own the IP to those patents? or is the developers?
- ohashi 16y agoMy understanding was that they signed over the rights for something nominal (see $1) in most cases.