Re:An apology to open source
by manmal on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @07:20AM
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Nobody argued that it is not their right. Of course it is, or Nick would have left it up at Github. It's their right, but it's not "right".
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I think it's more of a grey area than that. Certainly I can imagine a situation where the overlap was insignificant and this was an overreach by the employer, but there is currently no evidence to suggest that.
Re:An apology to open source
by jasonlotito on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @07:35AM
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One could also say that in this case, Nick should have discussed this with the employer. It seems as if he was aware he should have, and by not doing so, the situation is no worse off than it would have been.