Re:Apple engineer in need of OSS maintainers
by jariel on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @06:34PM
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"how exactly do you go about getting that part of you contract removed so you own copyright and IP "
You don't.
One of the reasons companies want this clause is to limit their liability and exposure. They're not going to make a dime off of your side-show projects, so it's really not about the money, it's about the risk.
Their IP clauses will have been gone over and over by lawyers, and the costs involved in making exceptions/changes is very expensive, partly in billable hours, but mostly in risk.
Put another way: having 'your own special contract' is like 'roll your own security'. It just opens up 'legal attack surfaces' and it's just not worth it for a company that has a lot of money or IP, which makes them a troll target.
There'd generally have to be a pretty good reason for you to want to work on it, that also makes sense to the company, but obviously risk tolerances vary as well.
You don't.
One of the reasons companies want this clause is to limit their liability and exposure. They're not going to make a dime off of your side-show projects, so it's really not about the money, it's about the risk.
Their IP clauses will have been gone over and over by lawyers, and the costs involved in making exceptions/changes is very expensive, partly in billable hours, but mostly in risk.
Put another way: having 'your own special contract' is like 'roll your own security'. It just opens up 'legal attack surfaces' and it's just not worth it for a company that has a lot of money or IP, which makes them a troll target.
There'd generally have to be a pretty good reason for you to want to work on it, that also makes sense to the company, but obviously risk tolerances vary as well.