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Re:IBM employee forced to stop kernel work under personal em... by alberth on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @11:27AM (#26875957)
I posted this below but will post it again ...

Before you rail on how wrong this is for a company to do, please read this article by Joel on the subject.

This is a super difficult topic for corporations that most don't realize and the article below walks through those dynamics.

https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2016/12/09/developers-side-pr...

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Re:IBM employee forced to stop kernel work under personal em... by caminante on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @11:45AM (#26876187)
I don't think the JoelOnSoftware article is that informative for this situation.

The IBM employee is being forced to represent IBM under his official email alias regardless of whether the IBM employee acknowledges IBM owns his work product around the clock.

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Re:IBM employee forced to stop kernel work under personal em... by jupp0r on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @11:40AM (#26876114)
You are completely missing the point. Nobody forces IBM to act this way. Sure they can - legally. It's still morally wrong.
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