<story><title>Russian programmer fights Goldman Sachs and wins one round</title><url>http://blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2013/10/22/russian-programmer-fights-goldman-sachs-and-wins-one-round/?mod=MW_home_latest_news</url><text></text></story><parent_chain><item><author>melling</author><text>No, it&amp;#x27;s very clear what he did was wrong.  He works in an industry that does not allow you to email code home or copy it off of company computers.  Goldman might be a little different, but where I&amp;#x27;ve worked, this was definitely a no, no, and you could easily be fired for doing it.</text></item><item><author>downandout</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s very clear that Goldman is trying to punish him for leaving, while sending a message to their other programmers that if they leave, their lives will be ruined.  Even if this guy ultimately wins the state trial, he will never get back the years he has spent fighting it. Goldman has already won, and in this case that is appalling.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>downandout</author><text>According to the original article, Goldman was actually violating the license terms of the open source software it had modified by &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; releasing it.  Further, while you and I may have our opinions, a judge found Goldman&amp;#x27;s actions to be so egregious that he ordered them to pay the defense costs for someone accused of stealing from them. That is exceedingly rare, and wouldn&amp;#x27;t have happened if there were any doubts about either Goldman&amp;#x27;s conduct or the intentions of the programmer.</text></comment>
<story><title>Russian programmer fights Goldman Sachs and wins one round</title><url>http://blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2013/10/22/russian-programmer-fights-goldman-sachs-and-wins-one-round/?mod=MW_home_latest_news</url><text></text></story><parent_chain><item><author>melling</author><text>No, it&amp;#x27;s very clear what he did was wrong.  He works in an industry that does not allow you to email code home or copy it off of company computers.  Goldman might be a little different, but where I&amp;#x27;ve worked, this was definitely a no, no, and you could easily be fired for doing it.</text></item><item><author>downandout</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s very clear that Goldman is trying to punish him for leaving, while sending a message to their other programmers that if they leave, their lives will be ruined.  Even if this guy ultimately wins the state trial, he will never get back the years he has spent fighting it. Goldman has already won, and in this case that is appalling.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Amadou</author><text>Fired is one thing, but malicious prosecution is completely out of proportion to a rules violation.</text></comment>