> Why would an employer agree to that? Because someone realizes of the power disparity between employee and employer, and legislates them into doing it. Also,

> Why would an employer agree to that? Because someone realizes of the power disparity between employee and employer, and legislates them into doing it. Also, realizing that 99% of all code is useless out of context. The value of an e-commerce site, for example, isn't in the code itself that runs the shopping cart and website, but in the relationship with vendors and in the marketing talent to get your site popular compared to others.