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One of the employees had his previous employers' code. There will have to be proof that Nvidia even knew about it for this to go anywhere beyond the employee.
by UberFly 3y ago
One of the employees had his previous employers' code. There will have to be proof that Nvidia even knew about it for this to go anywhere beyond the employee.
- juunpp 3y agoI am positive Nvidia has no part in this. A corporation of this size is severely allergic to foreign proprietary code and would not risk the lawsuit. Sounds more like this individual forgot to read the memo on IP, and the article says he was already sued by the German courts for prior misconduct anyway. Kind of reminds me of the guys who do personal stuff on their work laptop and then get the entire company pwned. Do people not read the fucking manual anymore?
- alistairSH 3y agoAnymore? People have never RTFM.
- mcpackieh 3y agoWhat does it mean for "Nvidia to know" something? Does it never count as a "corporation knowing" unless the executives are aware of it? Obviously this cannot be the standard by which companies are held accountable.
- IshKebab 3y agoIt's pretty clear what he means. He means that the managers and executives are ok with stealing code.
- mcpackieh 3y agoHow many managers need to be in-the-loop with the theft before we can fairly say "the corporation knows"? As far as I'm concerned, even if no managers are aware of it, they should have been aware of it (it's their job to know what their reports are doing) so the corporation should be liable for the theft. Otherwise it's trivial for everybody to play dumb and turn a blind eye to what's going on.