I made a similar argument in a previous HN thread [1] and people were absolutely incredulous over this idea that not only do companies try to own everything you

I made a similar argument in a previous HN thread [1] and people were absolutely incredulous over this idea that not only do companies try to own everything you do but that you don't have to be guilty to be sued by a vengeful employer. I'll repeat here what I said there. A lot of engineers cannot work on projects in their free time due to being locked into horrible contracts that assert copyright and ownership over anything they do in their free time. Which has a chilling effect on engineers who would otherwise contribute to FOSS. Even if those provisions are illegal, it still costs a lot of money to strike them down in court and the court system is generally always stacked in favor of the corporation. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21771325 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21771325