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Lets say you signed an "all your work is ours" contract... ...how about re-using a function, like a snippet that connects to a db, that could be found all over
by klinquist 13y ago
Lets say you signed an "all your work is ours" contract...
...how about re-using a function, like a snippet that connects to a db, that could be found all over the internet?
I assume you could argue that snippet was in the public domain prior, but it could be an interesting conversation regardless...
- bcRIPster 13y agoReally, it's going to come down to how litigious your former employer is. I've heard of cases where a person was sued simply because the idea for the work came the previous job with the concept that you would have never even thought to do this code if the previous employer hadn't tasked you with the challenge. As has already been said though. If you have any doubts, talk with a lawyer who specializes in Intellectual Property cases.
- spoiler 13y agoGah! That sounds so ridiculous Law is so opaque, obscure, confounding, and downright obtuse that I sometimes wonder how it can still be a thing. Soon we'll need lawyers to tell us what we can or can't do when we're writing a simple bash script. I'm of the opinion that, if everything involved law, there'd be virtually no progress.