github/balanced-employee-ip-agreement
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GitHub's employee intellectual property agreement, open sourced and reusable
17 mentions on Hacker News by 17 people: 7 stories, 10 comments · first 2017-03-21 · latest 2024-08-31
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…it " [2] (UK based company) [1] https://github.blog/2017-03-21-work-life-balance-in-employee... [2] https://github.com/github/balanced-employee-ip-agreement/blo...
comment by chrisbuc · 2022-09-18 · in Ask HN: How to validate a startup idea whilst employed? -
…as well as the other invention assignment sections. See github's for an example of a fair agreement https://github.com/github/balanced-employee-ip-agreement ). The company accepted it and everyone was happy. If the company doesn't accept…
comment by throwaway137087 · 2022-08-23 · in Ask HN: Should a 'no side projects' policy be taken seriously? -
…we use something akin to the [GitHub Balanced Employee Intellectual Property Agreement (BEIPA)]( https://github.com/github/balanced-employee-ip-agreement/blo... ). I'm not sure if in your circumstance they would go for it, but it worked…
comment by whobutsb · 2021-12-16 · in NDA - Company Wants Ownership of Every Idea or Invention I've ever had -
…significant cognitive overhead and often doesn't happen in practice, whatever agreements state. - https://github.com/github/balanced-employee-ip-agreement I hope that more employee agreements move this direction so we can stop trying to…
comment by samjbobb · 2021-06-24 · in Stop using your work laptop or phone for personal stuff, because I know you are -
…hand is explicit about allowing this in its balanced employee IP agreement, which is pretty nice - https://github.com/github/balanced-employee-ip-agreement
comment by taywrobel · 2020-01-27 · in Apple Was Headed for a Slump. Then It Had One of the Biggest Rallies Ever -
See if your employer would be open to using GitHub's open source employee IP agreement: https://github.com/github/balanced-employee-ip-agreement . It's a bit more balanced than the standard IP Agreements most tech companies are using.
comment by finsrud · 2019-12-13 · in Ask HN: How to save your side projects from your Employers? -
GitHub has one, though I can't vouch for details: https://github.com/github/balanced-employee-ip-agreement
comment by itamarst · 2017-09-20 · in Ask HN: Employer 'Outside work' agreements -
Here's the repo, hosting the documents - https://github.com/github/balanced-employee-ip-agreement
comment by lewisjoe · 2017-03-21 · in GitHub lets staff own IP developed for personal projects using company resources -
…or prospective Company product or service at the time you developed, invented, or created it [1] https://github.com/github/balanced-employee-ip-agreement/blo... (I am not a lawyer, just a hobby)
comment by jankotek · 2017-03-21 · in GitHub lets staff own IP developed for personal projects using company resources -
Direct link to GitHub's employee IP agreement : https://github.com/github/balanced-employee-ip-agreement
comment by ploggingdev · 2017-03-21 · in GitHub lets staff own IP developed for personal projects using company resources