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At Microsoft we don't have these contracts. You are free to work on whatever after hours (with your own equipment and not using company resources).
by outside1234 13y ago
At Microsoft we don't have these contracts. You are free to work on whatever after hours (with your own equipment and not using company resources).
- solomone 13y agoThis wasn't the case when I worked there 10 years ago. Check your paperwork.
- outside1234 13y agoIt changed with the launch of Windows Phone. They opened this up to enable folks to write apps on their spare time and publish them.
- DenisM 13y agoThat is most certainly wrong. I checked with a lawyer when I was there, in 2008, and their conclusion was that MS owns everything I invent during my tenure. The key "trick" is that they own "what's relevant to the business of Microsoft", which of course any type of software is! You should check with a lawyer as well.