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[sunchild]

I used to do this, too. It drove me crazy that my firm owned my work, though. Perhaps you have a more favorable arrangement with your employer?

[VanL → sunchild]

I made an arrangement immediately when I started. I told them I do code on the side, and that I had other people that I worked with on that code.

They agreed that they pay me for legal work, not for code. Thus, the tools I build are mine, but the analysis and output of those tools may be theirs if I am using the tools for their benefit.

[ajtaylor → VanL]

That is an incredible deal! I would imagine any employee outside the legal profession would be hard pressed to win this sort of concession.