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Some employment contracts claim ownership of anything you create even outside of working hours, so even publishing those little learning projects could potentia
by bluescrn 5y ago
Some employment contracts claim ownership of anything you create even outside of working hours, so even publishing those little learning projects could potentially be problematic.
- sofixa 5y agoHow are those legal anywhere? Thankfully they aren't here in France.
- bluescrn 5y agoEven if they're not likely to win in a court battle, most people don't want to risk a dispute over something trivial. Would you expect a little game jam game created in a weekend to lead to an ownership dispute with an employer? - Probably not, but I'm aware of a case where it has happened...
- astura 5y agohttps://www.joelonsoftware.com/2016/12/09/developers-side-projects/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2016/12/09/developers-side-pr...
- maccard 5y agoEven if it's not legal, I'm not going to sue my employer to stake ownership over an evening project.
- rmbyrro 5y agoYou don't need ownership here, just authorship.
- formerkrogemp 5y agoAmerican exceptionalism at its finest.
- rmbyrro 5y agoThis is another problem. For this purpose, you only need to show authorship, which is different from ownership rights. In general, your employer can't stop you there. Some exceptions would be if it conflicts with their products or if you disclose technological knowledge that could jeopardize competitive advantage.
- quanticle 5y agoSome exceptions would be if it conflicts with their products Amazon has that provision in its employment contract. The problem is that Amazon has its fingers in so many pies, no matter what you write, you could potentially get in trouble with legal. One person I knew there had to wait six weeks for approval from legal so they could work on a Lisp interpreter.