>...However, employment contracts still stipulate things like any and all intellectual property created by the employee on company equipment is automatically ow

>...However, employment contracts still stipulate things like any and all intellectual property created by the employee on company equipment is automatically owned by the company. Some contracts are even more restrictive and give companies ownership over everything their employees create while they're under contract. Oregon Trail was created before he took the job at MECC. He essentially donated the code to the company.