Comment on I wrote a program for my boss. How legal is to to write the program again and make it FOSS?

nIi7WJVZwktT4Ze@fost.hu ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• homoludens@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I would never rely on the opinion of my boss when the question is what my rights are. They’re usually not a lawyer and their interests are often contrary to mine.

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  • nIi7WJVZwktT4Ze@fost.hu ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I mean ask (or more: convince) your boss for permission to make the code publicly available.

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  • lolcatnip@reddthat.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s usually much easier to just ask for what you want before getting lawyers involved.

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    • ericjmorey@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’ve found that getting people to sign a contract is much more difficult than you’re making it out to be. A verbal agreement from your boss isn’t worth shit later when you’d need it.

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      • lolcatnip@reddthat.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Where did I say verbal?

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