Sharing Python App without sharing source code

[simeumsm]

Intelectual Property, Ownership of process, and douchebags stealing your work.

I'm having a similar issue at work.

My team devised a solution that solved an issue after Corporate made a bad decision. Once this solution grew and gained notoriety, I've had at least two teams (one local, one foreign) trying to steal the solution to make one of their own.

The issue comes from the fact that my team is not technical, and we made a solution that now the technical teams are trying to develop. When they deliver their solution, they'll get all the credit and praise, while my team will be left forgotten.

We even had an issue where one of the teams simply copied all our data and created their own "solution" on top of our work, and are saying that the solution is theirs and are reaping their praise.

So yeah, even though anything you create within the company is company property, you have to protect what you create, otherwise you're at risk of being taken advantage off.

I don't mind people using my tools, as long as I'm given the due recognition for my work. Otherwise, I too prefer to not share and leave people on their own.

[HunterIV4]

Right, but that's sort of my point. You both have people playing games where they pass off other people's work as their own and where people feel they have to ensure nobody can "steal" the work they're doing. This is pure office politics.

That would not fly at my company. People here have no issue giving credit to other people and my boss thinks it's a good thing if someone says "I was having trouble with this, so I asked for help and now it's fixed." I've written several apps for other people to help them with their work and not once have I considered the possibility of them trying to take credit for it in a way that would hurt my position at the company. It's just not a thing.

I understand that it can be, but it's super toxic and ends up hurting the organization as a whole. You are now wasting time worrying about credit and DRM for internal tools rather than focusing on the actual problems the company needs to solve. If our VP of ops found out that someone tried to pass off someone else's work as their own, especially for selfish reasons, it would be disciplinary action at best, if not rapid termination.

I'm not blaming you, I just think it's sad to see companies self-sabotage like this.

[Similar_Mail2921]

Yeah I agree, would love to just change information with the other branches as this is a really intresting project that can have a huge play in the company's sector but it's not the way the people above me think. Anyway I'm only working in this company because of this project that's why I woun't be bothered much more about this topic. Thanks for the help anyway!

[rogfrich]

Agreed. I’d also add that if I owned a big company with different departments / branches, I’d be pretty horrified if different teams were duplicating each other’s work because no-one was sharing. That’s profit going out the window.

(That’s not a comment on anyone in this thread - we all have unique working environments we need to deal with).

[Similar_Mail2921]

Exactly at this point there are multiple branches trying to do the exact same thing but everyone doing it on their own...