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Why Is Everyone In Tech So Sad? (www.noemamag.com)
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[–] 1 point 1 day ago (1 child)

I don’t get how anyone could EVER enforce a law or agreement or rule that says something I wrote at home on my device on my time is theirs.

Check your employment terms. I'd wager the first step of that is seeing if you have a paper copy. I know I don't for all the places I've worked or acquisitions I've been through.

Something like an ALCU or Second Amendment Foundation that focused on nothing but that would be a nice-to-have. I think it overall destroys creativity in the industry.

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  • [–] 1 point 20 hours ago (1 child)

    No no, I mean, how could they possibly ever know: A. That I wrote a thing. B. I did it within a timeframe. C. It should be theirs.

    Etc.

    Like, if made "Flappy Bird 2" this weekend and made money on it, how would they ever even know? I did it on my PC, on my time, in my home.

    I guess only if I made mega money and they found out, but couldn't I just say I wrote the game years ago, but just published it now, so it still isnt yours?

    Just seems impossible to enforce.

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  • [–] 1 point 18 hours ago

    I agree with your sentiment, and that the world should work like your hypothetical.

    how could they possibly ever know

    Lawyers doing lawyer stuff. As to why, you said it:

    I made mega money and they found out

    We'd have to have real lawyers weigh in, but for the most part I think unless you found an undiscovered market then they won't care. Programming isn't unique in the respect that the tools you need to do world-changing work aren't that different between what you might have at home versus a well funded computer science research lab, but you're much more likely to stumble into a marketable app than you are a quicker FFT.

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