That depends on your contract. And unfortunately those contracts are legal. I gave up working on open source projects as I'd rather that code didn't exist then having to surrender it to my company.
My employer, Google, has the most expensive lawyers money can buy and they will not hesiste to ruin your life in order to defend the company's interests. Like the guy in the article I have a family to support and the pottential affect is just not worth the risk.
Damn shame, we have a huge number of developers committing code to OSS projects. I'd be surprised if you actually worked at Google, as anyone who made it past their first week is welcome to our training on how to release, patch and in fact navigate the borders between Google and personal copyright.
My employer, Google, has the most expensive lawyers money can buy and they will not hesiste to ruin your life in order to defend the company's interests. Like the guy in the article I have a family to support and the pottential affect is just not worth the risk.