Me, Jin, Zach and Angel met after class on Monday and our discussion topic was evaluating the outcome of Scenario B, in which John Connor goes ahead with the company wide implementation of his software system.
Angel brought up a good dilemma that at what point does software become Cyberdyne's property and not John's? John was the original developer of the software system that Cyberdyne uses and he had no contract binding his work to the company.
John Connor's actions were not the wrong legally, rather, this case is a matter of virtue/honor based ethics. In the meeting we all agreed that John should have either asked for permission, or given Cyberdyne notice of the Weyland-Yutani's use of the software system.
However, after giving it some more thought, I also have to include that John's obligations at this point only seem to have significance based on the good-will of the relationship he has with his former employer. A "friends help friends" type of deal. In the previous paragraph I am assuming that John and Cyberdyne have a good relationship and that his employment ended on good terms. If John's relationship with Cyberdyne is sour/negative, I see no reason as to why he is obligated to ask permission from them.
Also, I had a hard time discerning between Scenario A and B, it doesn't seem like there is any difference, it actually seems like Scenario B is just a continuation of Scenario A.
- Mingchen
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