>employed under employment contract to assign both moral rights and intellectual property to their employer.
This is usually when you're on company time with company assets. If you're at home/coffee shop and off the clock and on your assets/pc its your IP.
Do you have a contract with current employer that has this specific language? I would understand a term for a non-compete agreement, but what you're saying does not sound right/legal from my perspective.
> I'm considering leaving a very well paid software developer job to free myself of this obligation
Do it!
It might take 6 months, a year or longer to make a profit. Can you afford that? Do you have other revenue streams? Does your current employer contract bind you to any terms if you quit?
This is usually when you're on company time with company assets. If you're at home/coffee shop and off the clock and on your assets/pc its your IP.
Do you have a contract with current employer that has this specific language? I would understand a term for a non-compete agreement, but what you're saying does not sound right/legal from my perspective.
> I'm considering leaving a very well paid software developer job to free myself of this obligation
Do it!
It might take 6 months, a year or longer to make a profit. Can you afford that? Do you have other revenue streams? Does your current employer contract bind you to any terms if you quit?
Questions I don't need to know, but you should.
Good luck!