This is what separates companies that get things done from companies that pay a lot of people to hopefully maybe get things done.
A server for a multiplayer Quake port...
Who is Google paying to hand their ass to them over that?
Who has both the authority to hand their ass to them, and a lack of discretion to not let it end at "well in general we don't do that, but I see why you did it and there's little to no risk"
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At some companies yes, someone is paid to go "I caught someone putting our proprietary code up on a competitors platform!!!!" and no one will actually think critically about what exactly was proprietary, so someone putting up a quake demo might as well have put up the Coke secret formula
And now OP who actually generated some value at little to no risk gets their ass handed to them and someone who simply lacked the skills to realize the risk profile gets a notch on their "I add value and earn my paycheck" badge.
A server for a multiplayer Quake port...
Who is Google paying to hand their ass to them over that?
Who has both the authority to hand their ass to them, and a lack of discretion to not let it end at "well in general we don't do that, but I see why you did it and there's little to no risk"
-
At some companies yes, someone is paid to go "I caught someone putting our proprietary code up on a competitors platform!!!!" and no one will actually think critically about what exactly was proprietary, so someone putting up a quake demo might as well have put up the Coke secret formula
And now OP who actually generated some value at little to no risk gets their ass handed to them and someone who simply lacked the skills to realize the risk profile gets a notch on their "I add value and earn my paycheck" badge.