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Akronymus on Sept 16, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: What's Wrong with Tech Hiring

Most likely nothing, but most companies seem to have the expectation that OSS has to take a backseat

edoceo on Sept 16, 2021 | [–]

Yea. Give me free code, don't make free code is a common problem.

colejohnson66 on Sept 16, 2021 | [–]

Your employment contract could stipulate that any programming done outside official work is owned by the company. A “work for hire” of sorts. Whether these “copyright assignment” clauses are legal depends on your jurisdiction.

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