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http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=lab&group=02001-03000&file=2870-2872 http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=lab&#3... Unless I'm reading this wrong: if you work on it solely on your time, with your equipment, it's yours (in California, anyway). UPDATE: Oh, also it can't compete with their business.

alok-g 16y ago
People, this link talks about "inventions". Nothing else is included in this. Please do not generalize this to "work". If you invent something while adhering to the statutes stated here, and write software implementing that invention, then the invention would belong to you. But the software doesn't! Software is subject to copyrights, not inventions.
- sabat 16y ago
  Regardless of the word used, this law does apply to copyrighted works in practice. "Invention" is used in the sense of "creations".
  - alok-g 16y ago
    That would be excellent. How can I confirm this?
    - sabat 16y ago
      IANAL, but I know there are existing cases. I confirmed it through a friend who's been doing HR here for years. So: either lawyers or HR people or both, I suppose.