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Re:IBM to Kernel Maintainer: “You Are an IBM Employee 100% o... by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @09:34AM (#26874420)
I thought California had a law - on your own time with your own tools, it belongs to you. Worked that way 20 years ago anyway.
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Re:IBM to Kernel Maintainer: “You Are an IBM Employee 100% o... by ridgeguy on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @09:40AM (#26874500)
It does [1]. But I believe this can be overruled by mutual assent, i.e., by contract.

[1] https://www.californialaborandemploymentlaw.net/2017/intelle...

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Re:IBM to Kernel Maintainer: “You Are an IBM Employee 100% o... by marakv2 on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @10:45AM (#26875387)
How the fuck did they carve that out.

No one should ever be able to contract away a right.

That's bullshit. One step of signing away a right is a direct slope to slavery.

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