<story><title>I built Excel for Uber and they ditched it</title><url>https://basta.substack.com/p/no-sacred-masterpieces</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Znafon</author><text>&amp;quot;Nothing came of it, but I took the code and shoved it into my back pocket for a rainy day.&lt;p&gt;My idea was to take this code and spruce it up for Uber’s use case.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;My first reaction was to publish the code on Github.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;I’m very surprised by this, isn’t the code property of Box, or Uber? The author does not mention their authorisation before releasing it under MIT license.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bastawhiz</author><text>Author here. The code was originally written outside of work hours. I offered the code to Box and they didn&amp;#x27;t want it.&lt;p&gt;If Uber wants a few thousand lines of JavaScript from over half a decade ago that didn&amp;#x27;t originate with them and that they used for less than a month, they can send me a letter.</text></comment>
<story><title>I built Excel for Uber and they ditched it</title><url>https://basta.substack.com/p/no-sacred-masterpieces</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Znafon</author><text>&amp;quot;Nothing came of it, but I took the code and shoved it into my back pocket for a rainy day.&lt;p&gt;My idea was to take this code and spruce it up for Uber’s use case.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;My first reaction was to publish the code on Github.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;I’m very surprised by this, isn’t the code property of Box, or Uber? The author does not mention their authorisation before releasing it under MIT license.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sidewndr46</author><text>I believe this kind of story is the kind that gives most legal counsel nightmares.</text></comment>