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by AlotOfReading
435 days ago
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IP that doesn't relate to the role you're employed for, especially that wasn't made with company time, information or resources, is yours in California if you want to fight it out in court. Most bigtech companies also have a process to get explicit written recognition about such code before going to court because this is such a common thing. It usually amounts to filling out a form and sending it to legal for approval. There are a few companies with a reputation for somewhat more difficult processes (Apple, Amazon), but the above post is entirely plausible. |
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(I worked at Google 2016-2023. Open source and video games were approved, anything else wasn't even worth the trouble of asking. i.e. it was well known to be "no" and a great signal to your manager you were unhappy)
We also have the benefit of _knowing they lied_: they were hired as a contractor to build it, and weren't at big tech.
By way of analogy: you're right, of course a German could hold up 3 fingers to order 3 beers. In practice, it is a tell.