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Re:Zx 3.0 by sneak on Monday August 16, 2021 @08:03AM (#28197097)
There is very little code that a Googler could write that is unrelated to their employer’s business. You’re almost certainly going to need an explicit carve-out, as other Googlers in the thread have pointed out.
Re:Zx 3.0 by travelbuffoon on Monday August 16, 2021 @08:48AM (#28197407)
There’s a difference between: unrelated to your job, and unrelated to the business as a whole.

In some locations, employers can’t claim copyright on works unrelated to your current role.

Re:Zx 3.0 by geofft on Monday August 16, 2021 @09:27AM (#28197785)
In many locations they can. I paid my own lawyers to review a Google NYC job offer and they said, yes, Google can enforce this clause.

(Obviously this is not legal advice, talk to your own layers, etc.)