"the product directly relates to what my employer does" Depending on your employment contract, this could be tricky for you. If your employer is nice about thi

"the product directly relates to what my employer does" Depending on your employment contract, this could be tricky for you. If your employer is nice about this and they want to encourage you, I would use this opportunity to negotiate something here which creates win-win for both. Clearly, they see a lot of value in this codebase so instead of turning this into a conflict, sell yourself to your employer. You can definitely ask for leadership control over it. Not sure if monetarily, you can get anything but worth a try.