This Joel on Software article seems relevant: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2016/12/09/developers-side-projects/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2016/12/09/deve

This Joel on Software article seems relevant: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2016/12/09/developers-side-projects/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2016/12/09/developers-side-pr... I totally disagree with the sentiments though and would prefer copyright to be transferred on a project by project basis. Why do businesses seem to say that it's so difficult to know what should be owned by the company you work for? Surely a well run company has a clear understanding of what a developer is working on at work. They own everything to do with that and nothing else right? And yes, if I start a search engine competitive with Google in my spare time I suspect they own the search engine, but if I start a second hand clothing app they do not! I seriously do not understand where the difficulty is in defining this?