Developers’ side projects

Post by jasoncchild » Fri, Dec 09, 2016, 11:10 PM UTC

chiph wrote: post #6

LeanderK wrote: post #2

this is an absurd agreement, i have never heard of something like this in germany. Is this common in other countries?

US employee here - I've signed one (plus a patents & inventions at one firm) at every firm I've worked at since 2000 or so. Thus far any side projects haven't been a problem for them, as I have made sure to target a different industry. But legally , they could have enforced the contract and taken possession of my code.

Post by swalsh » Fri, Dec 09, 2016, 11:11 PM UTC

Post by elt0n » Fri, Dec 09, 2016, 11:13 PM UTC

swalsh wrote: post #13

The hope that one of my side projects will some day succeed, and I can leave my 9-5 is the only thing that drives me. If I said, "welp, legal" i'd die inside. Some people have church, I have side projects.

Post by elt0n » Fri, Dec 09, 2016, 11:14 PM UTC

LeanderK wrote: post #2

this is an absurd agreement, i have never heard of something like this in germany. Is this common in other countries?

Post by devoply » Fri, Dec 09, 2016, 11:15 PM UTC

paulrosenzweig wrote: post #10

I haven't heard about many disputed cases. I'd hope that if Google went around suing for possession of unrelated side projects, we'd hear about it. Maybe the possibility of being publicly shamed is a deterrent from pursing ownership.