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IBM scraps rewards program for staff inventions, wipes away cash points | Big Blue staffers aren’t pleased to lose out on potential bonuses (www.theregister.com)
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IBM scraps rewards program for staff inventions, wipes away cash points | Big Blue staffers aren’t pleased to lose out on potential bonuses::Big Blue staffers aren't pleased to lose out on potential bonuses

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[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No it’s not.

If this were such a common practice there would hardly be any US contributors to open source projects.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

The legal practice is common. Enforcement is significantly more challenging (particularly when you're working under an online alias in a niche space).