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According to the various quotes I've read there's no "non-public information" requirement.. just the vague "for business purposes" part. While Twitter is the o
by caseysoftware 14y ago
According to the various quotes I've read there's no "non-public information" requirement.. just the vague "for business purposes" part.
While Twitter is the obvious example, what about a Github account? I've patched bugs or merged pull requests for my employer's projects from my own account. Would that qualify?
- tptacek 14y agoYou should be careful about letting your employers' code hit your personal Github site for other reasons; an employer who wants to make it difficult for you to get a new business started can use IP issues to accomplish that. Personal Github accounts are already a little bit fraught for that reason. The Illinois statute revision doesn't change the calculus; if you're an IL employee with a Github account you care about, you (a) don't want to be working for anyone who demands credentials to it, and (b) now have an avenue to extract a few tens of thousands of dollars from that employer should they ever be dumb enough to ask and then fire you.