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I posted this below but will post it again ... Before you rail on how wrong this is for a company to do, please read this article by Joel on the subject. This
by alberth 6y ago
I posted this below but will post it again ...
Before you rail on how wrong this is for a company to do, please read this article by Joel on the subject.
This is a super difficult topic for corporations that most don't realize and the article below walks through those dynamics.
https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2016/12/09/developers-side-projects/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2016/12/09/developers-side-pr...
- caminante 6y agoI don't think the JoelOnSoftware article is that informative for this situation. The IBM employee is being forced to represent IBM under his official email alias regardless of whether the IBM employee acknowledges IBM owns his work product around the clock.
- jupp0r 6y agoYou are completely missing the point. Nobody forces IBM to act this way. Sure they can - legally. It's still morally wrong.
- bjornsing 6y agoTLDR: Owner of tech company thinks he should own all of his employees’ intellectual output. Big surprise. Huge.