And if the code was merged into Nvidia’s database after “extensive edits and feedback loops by other employees,” then Valeo says it’s “unrealistic” to think it could ever be fully removed.
This also is the reason why people should be careful with copilot or similar code assistance systems until the first major AI copyright lawsuits are settled. If those don’t swing in favour of AI people using those tools risk losing their codebase.
Yeah, this is why I never move company code off of company computers.
Very payable fine though for a dev.
The real problem for the Dev is that it makes them unhireable in the future. No one wants to take on that risk.
Losing your career and having a criminal record isn’t very affordable.
The only code I fuck with is my own. I’m not a Dev, but I write things for my convenience.
Sometimes it gets the attention of those above me, and I get some sweet sweet time off the phones, blasting whatever music I’m in the mood for through noise canceling ear buds while I add a little form to the function, so to speak.
So mostly, its a challenge to myself while working night shift, also part of why I enjoy night shift.
I am curious on why he was searched at all.
Probably the screenshot.
Yeah, but how did they find out about the screenshot.
shown off the source code he stole from a former employer during a Microsoft Teams call with that same company.
Edit: He showed his previous employer their source code while working at Nvidia. The former employer took screenshots, and sued.
Oh ok, understood now.
He’s an idiot. He was screen sharing during a joint project with his former employer (Valeo) and had the stolen code behind the powerpoint, that was then minimized or closed, it even was in a dir called ‘valeoCode’ or something like that
They probably contacted the police, since there was clear evidence he had committed a crime.
