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It is not actually *your code* in the first place, is it ? It is the property of whoever paid you to create it. The fact that you'd like to keep a copy does not give you the right to steal it (permanently taking something without permission or the intention to return it, regardless of whether you make any use of it - at least under UK law). If you walk away and recreate it from memory that's completely different. The "residual knowledge" that you keep within your head is yours to keep.
Also bear in mind that any code you remove may be commercially sensitive or wholly or partially owned by someone other than your previous employer.
Do you even understand how software works? The software remains property of the company and the company keeps using and profiting from it. I don't. No harm done. I am not using this code for anything but refreshing my memory about the things I've done. "permanently taking something without permission or the intention to return it" clearly refers to something material. You are just about one step away from allowing the companies to erase the memory of the employees leaving them.
Do you even understand how software works? The software remains property of the company and the company keeps using and profiting from it. I don't. No harm done. I am not using this code for anything but refreshing my memory about the things I've done. "permanently taking something without permission or the intention to return it" clearly refers to something material. You are just about one step away from allowing the companies to erase the memory of the employees leaving them.
Never heard of such thing. Although it may simply mean that they all assume it by default. In any case, it is obviously possible for one to use the code one developed in unlawful ways: for example to use it wholesale to create a competing commercial product. I am not talking about such scenarios.
Never heard of such thing. Although it may simply mean that they all assume it by default. In any case, it is obviously possible for one to use the code one developed in unlawful ways: for example to use it wholesale to create a competing commercial product. I am not talking about such scenarios.
Understand, fwiw many larger corporations (especially Defense) will require that even code be marked as appropriate (not just email or documents) - export controlled, proprietary information, financial markings, etc. (of course how the markings are included and audited differ by company).
Copying code marked proprietary, even for "personal use" would be a clear legal problem for the individual who left work with the code.
Also, from the article: "In a statement, the Taiwan prosecutors' intellectual property branch said Lo is suspected of violating Taiwan's National Security Act." Taiwan invoking National Security Act to persecute US citizen (I assume he is) might backfire, especially with current US administration.
That’s one point of view. But what about the people here who say that most people in Taiwan would support independence—given that the large-scale recalls of KMT-elected officials ended in a major failure? Do they call their own views “shit,” then?
If Taiwan doesn’t have the capability to defend itself, it should stop pretending and dragging other countries into the mess.
The nuclear argument is somewhat valid, given the recent actions of the Japanese leadership.
It looks like Japan will finally cast aside its ban on hosting nuclear weapons—specifically, those of the United States. Moving towards action she called for last year, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is reviewing the three principles that have ...
Su Chi urges Taiwan’s three major parties to save themselves and negotiate peace with the mainland: Taiwan isn’t valuable to the United States and will be sold off cheaply.
Are you serious? I am a software designer and I have all the code that I developed in my life regardless of who I was working for. Are you going to tell me I can't take it with me? You sound like you know what was in those boxes. You do not. In general, one can never be 100% sure about anything.
Are you serious? I am a software designer and I have all the code that I developed in my life regardless of who I was working for. Are you going to tell me I can't take it with me? You sound like you know what was in those boxes. You do not. In general, one can never be 100% sure about anything.
Anybody remembers the high-profile case Goldman Sachs vs Sergey Aleynikov decade ago? You bragged it because none caught you yet. I do not know what kind of companies you worked with before. Do you dare say the same thing here to your managements and HRs- coping all the codes and maybe data, too? You have been lucky. Go Back to read the documents you signed with HR on day 1.
I would give Lo some benefit of the doubt; he probably did not plan to join Intel when he exited, but rather, Intel convinced him to join after he exited. It is not clear to me that Intel had even tried to poach him while he was still at TSMC.
It will be clear once the depositions/discovery start. My guess is that this will all be settled behind closed doors. I have said it before, you do not want to do battle with CC Wei.
Anybody remembers the high-profile case Goldman Sachs vs Sergey Aleynikov decade ago? You bragged it because none caught you yet. I do not know what kind of companies you worked with before. Do you dare say the same thing here to your managements and HRs- coping all the codes and maybe data, too? You have been lucky. Go Back to read the documents you signed with HR on day 1.
Firstly, Sergey Aleynikov was acquitted on all or almost all counts (on appeal). Secondly, he copied the code that he did not write. He copied the code used by Goldman Sachs for high speed trading just before he left for a competing company. One can understand the sensitivity. This has nothing in common with what I do. Thirdly, what happened to common sense and personal integrity? If you were to insist on following every letter of what we sign, there would not be any employees left, and, similarly, all companies should be sued into oblivion. You are also inventing accusations here. I am not copying all the codes and any data. The only excuse for your baseless accusations could be that you have no idea about software design.
It will be clear once the depositions/discovery start. My guess is that this will all be settled behind closed doors. I have said it before, you do not want to do battle with CC Wei.
On Wednesday afternoon investigators, acting on a search warrant, searched two of Lo's homes, seizing computers, USB drives and other evidence, prosecutors said.
A court also approved a petition to seize his shares and real estate, the statement added.
Taiwan prosecutors said on Thursday investigators had raided the homes of a former senior TSMC executive and seized computers after the company accused him of leaking trade secrets, something his current employer Intel has denied.