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Re:Do you ever avoid submitting something on HN so devs won'... by Cullinet on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @02:24PM (#29489161)
but window dressing because unenforceable unless the subcontractors contract assigned all work product to the payor - this rather neatly turns the responsibility for unlicensed software in production over to the manager, who should have at least passed that to legal for dd, failing which I am tempted to presume that the manager was not acting in good faith.
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Re:Do you ever avoid submitting something on HN so devs won'... by jacquesm on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @07:04PM (#29492279)
> failing which I am tempted to presume that the manager was not acting in good faith.

That was my impression. It looked like he saw an opportunity to rip off a bunch of neat software (without knowing exactly what it was he was acquiring) for no money at all.

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