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		naetius on April 20, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: IBM employee forced to stop kernel work under pers... Would the moonlighting clause apply here if the employee happened to be a CA resident?

lolinder on April 20, 2021 [–]

Nope, because the contributions in question are to IBM's VNIC driver, and until 3 days ago this employee was working on this project in an official capacity. The employer is expressly allowed to claim ownership of work that relates to the employment, which this did.

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