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		rhizome on June 17, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Company got acquired, new contract seems o... It protects the employee from the company's own lawyers.

rmc on June 17, 2015 [–]

By the employee giving over everything! Yes, it saves you from any court case, because the employee owns nothing!

mhink on June 17, 2015 | [–]

whoosh

Pretty sure the parent was making a dry joke. 😉

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