I'm a bit surprised that companies you interviewed with were not at all bothered that you put easter eggs in other sites. Were they not concerned that you would do the same thing to them?
Adding code to a site has the potential for creating security risks, and an egg looks a bit unprofessional if some customer happens to stumble onto it. So I'm curious, did these companies say, "Okay, you're hired. But no eggs for us, please."
Keep in mind that the software licensing laws that exist today are largely the result of M$ lobbying efforts. As absurd as "outlawing open source" might sound, it really wouldn't surprise me if they were successful in creating legislation that somehow restricted the distribution of free software, even if the author wanted to distribute it freely.
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I'm a bit surprised that companies you interviewed with were not at all bothered that you put easter eggs in other sites. Were they not concerned that you would do the same thing to them?
Adding code to a site has the potential for creating security risks, and an egg looks a bit unprofessional if some customer happens to stumble onto it. So I'm curious, did these companies say, "Okay, you're hired. But no eggs for us, please."
Be afraid. Be very afraid.