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Re:Ask HN: My company wants my side project. What can I do? by yowlingcat on Saturday December 14, 2019 @11:05AM (#21790145)
Not only are you wrong, but you're being dramatic and deflecting criticism. People being "shitty" when you ask for legal advice online or not is a complete red herring because it is an inappropriate and dangerous substitution. Fiverr? Are you kidding? You can get a fairly cheap half hour consultation of some kind with many a good lawyer for a few hundred dollars AT MOST and it will not be a waste of time. There's only one right answer here.

Your answer is dangerous and your attitude is flippant. You need to seriously rethink both, or you're going to get yourself or someone else in hot water someday.

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Re:Ask HN: My company wants my side project. What can I do? by runninganyways on Saturday December 14, 2019 @11:58PM (#21794551)
It's pretty clear that you're in read-only mode. You think you know the only answer so what can I tell you.
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Re:Ask HN: My company wants my side project. What can I do? by yowlingcat on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @10:22AM (#21814337)
I've had a lot of conversations about this lately, but my tolerance for this kind of ignorance ends where the possible damage begins. You are directly leading someone down a dangerous course and playing with fire. Feel free to make that choice for yourself if you really want to, but don't expect to give this poor advice to others in a public forum without a reality check.
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