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What about working for a competitor? Presumably a company can ask that you not actively undermine their product while cashing their paychecks? From that I wou
by JackFr 13y ago
What about working for a competitor? Presumably a company can ask that you not actively undermine their product while cashing their paychecks?
From that I would argue that by building a similar product in his free time he was effectively working for a competitor.
- Nursie 13y agoI'm not sure that my attitude to "we own all your stuff" clauses is directly relevant to the case at hand, no. I agree entirely that the employer has the right to ask you not to compete while you're still employed by them. I won't sign non-competes that extend past employment, but I don't think it's unreasonable to sign one during employment. Particularly not for products (FOSS or otherwise) that directly compete with the very thing you're working on now.
- Xylakant 13y ago> Particularly not for products (FOSS or otherwise) that directly compete with the very thing you're working on now. But that's the case discussed here. The guy was tasked to build a CI-System at work and built another one in his spare time.
- Nursie 13y agoYes, I know, which is why my comment was specifically about clauses in which employers claim ownership of side projects and other out of scope productivity. Please track back up-thread to see the comment I was responding to.