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Re:Google claims copyright on employee side projects by martius on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @08:53AM (#21824775)
If I remember correctly, I had similar or worse in my employment contracts in France.

Worse being "your skills are to be used exclusively for the benefit of Employer". That means that you can't do freelance work, or open source contributions. In theory, you're not even permitted to fix your parents printer.

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Re:Google claims copyright on employee side projects by majewsky on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @09:34AM (#21825193)
"Honey, can you carry my shopping into the kitchen?" - "I'm sorry, my skills are to be used exclusively for the benefit of my employer."
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Re:Google claims copyright on employee side projects by martius on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @10:46AM (#21825996)
Those are not the type of skills listed in your job description (which is part of your contract).
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Re:Google claims copyright on employee side projects by Mirioron on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @11:35AM (#21826561)
The argument still stands.

"Honey, can you take a look at why this script isn't compiling the shopping list correctly?"

"Sorry, my skills are to be used exclusively for the benefit of my employer."

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