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0, 1 and 2 - companies pay me for my time but when they don't pay, it's none of their business what I do, so what's the point?
by rebolek 4y ago
0, 1 and 2 - companies pay me for my time but when they don't pay, it's none of their business what I do, so what's the point?
- comex 4y agoIf you’re an employee (not contractor) in California, your employer can specify in the employment contract that they own IP rights to anything you make even in your own time, as long as it “relate[s] [..] to the employer’s business, or actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development of the employer”. Many tech companies do so, including large tech companies whose business relates to just about everything. YMMV if you’re in another jurisdiction.
- rebolek 4y agoWow, interesting and horrifying.
- ModernMech 4y agoA lot of companies have language in their employment contracts that amounts to them owning all of your ideas, even if they are thought of and worked on outside of company time. Under such a contract, you would need to get the company’s blessing to work on some open source project even in your spare time.