Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by exDM69 4324 days ago
Yeah, you could always try to circumvent or work around the company lawyers. But quite frankly, it's not a gamble you want to take when you've got wife, kids and a mortgage to worry. And a job you like. It's just not worth it for him to try to make it happen.

I've tried to encourage him to try to convince the company lawyers to give him the OK to release it but he's no too keen. Like most engineers, he is allergic to lawyers and isn't too interested on sharing the code anyway. It was "just" a learning experience for him.