hyperslug

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Feb 13	comment	If I'm working at a company, do they have intellectual property rights to the stuff I do in my spare time? Speaking of stealing ideas, does Zynga's Cityville remind anyone of another popular game?
Feb 13	comment	If I'm working at a company, do they have intellectual property rights to the stuff I do in my spare time? @Josh, I suppose the tricky thing about that is what the business owner defines as "core". What if a Fogcreek employee was working on a remote access help desk project at home while unbeknownst to him, management was hatching up plans for Copilot? At the time, I wouldn't have thought that to be in Fogcreek's core. It's tough to determine whether some offhand remark at work inspired you to build something, or if it was entirely your baby. What the employee needs to negotiate is the "nice salary" the employer is "going to pay ... to get [all your inventions]".