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by iraphael 3925 days ago
How does this work when companies have an "open" culture (aka: every employee has access to most of the codebase)? Wouldn't that meant a side project you are working on is, indirectly, a...

> Result from any work performed by the employee for the employer?

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Even so you can only prove that by means of copyright, patents or trademarks, collectively known as "IP" laws and in spite of popular opinion, that's a hard thing to do.
How does open access to the code base imply that side projects are work performed for an employer?