Goldman Sachs Code Theft Not Quite So Cut and Dried
Found on Slashdot on Sunday, 23 August 2009
This spring, Mr. Aleynikov quit Goldman to join Teza Technologies, a new trading firm, tripling his salary to about $1.2 million, according to the complaint.
He said that he had inadvertently downloaded a portion of Goldman's proprietary code while trying to take files of open source software -- programs that are not proprietary and can be used freely by anyone. He said he had not used the Goldman code at his new job or distributed it to anyone else, and the criminal complaint offers no evidence that he has.
If I'd triple my salary I won't even come close to that number. Guess I should have taken a job in the finance sector; seems to pay better than the Internet.