Re:Everything makes sense if David Kleiman was Satoshi Nakam...
by bobwaycott on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @07:11AM
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Well, shit. That's pretty heavy. I suppose I would want to remain anonymous if I was concerned about that scenario.
Re:Everything makes sense if David Kleiman was Satoshi Nakam...
by PakG1 on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @07:23AM
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Doesn't matter if you did a good job documenting and proving that you didn't use work equipment. I remember a speaker once telling an audience something like don't even use the same brand pens or notebooks purchased by your employer to jot down your ideas and stuff.
Re:Everything makes sense if David Kleiman was Satoshi Nakam...
by bobwaycott on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @07:34AM
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Well, of course, as long as those are the rules and the scenario. The grandparent offered a bit different scenario.
The moral is quite clear, though: don't ever, ever use someone else's equipment and time to build your own thing.
Then depending on the legal jurisdiction of that person...
* The employer have a claim on the IP and the initial licence was incorrect
* The employer have a claim on the bitcoins
* The employer could have a claim on any core patent that arises
This is just from a UK patent law based view where it is repeatedly made clear to employees not to work on side projects or other things on work equipment and time.
So there is a potential legal risk, if it's determined that Satoshi was working on this using his employers resources.