GitHub lets staff own IP developed for personal projects using company resources

Re:GitHub lets staff own IP developed for personal projects ... by bluejekyll on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @11:08AM (#13922836)

I don't see a problem with this. If you put a price on that work, and they meet that price, seems like an equitable exchange.

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Re:GitHub lets staff own IP developed for personal projects ... by iamatworknow on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @12:11PM (#13923570)

But if they paid you that much for your IP, would you still work for them?

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Re:GitHub lets staff own IP developed for personal projects ... by bluejekyll on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @01:09PM (#13924128)

Well, at least for the payout period, assuming it wasn't all given in a one time payment.

Otherwise, it of course depends on what they're doing. It might be really interesting work that you get the chance to work with a lot of other very brilliant people to build something amazing.

If that's not true, then no, I'd probably go and start just writing fun open-source stuff all the time.

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