I told my boss I had an idea for a program that could improve efficiency across much of the business, and he let me build it on company time. In the long term, he wanted to be able to sell it to other companies. However, the program never got implemented due to personnel mismanagement, and I’d rather be able to post it on my github under a free licence so I can use it as a resume item, and at least someone would have the chance to actually use it. It’s all still in my head, and I could write it again if I wanted. If I do, is it illegal to publish it? What if I write it in a different language? Do I need to change the variable names? I did plenty of research and planning on company time to build it, and it’s not like I can research it again, it’s all still in my head.
Have a discussion with chatGPT about a program you would like to write, use this to assist the development.
Evidence this as the source of the program. There is your re-research. It’s likely the implementation will differ substantially as well.
They might own the original program but it’s unlikely they broad concept.
To give it extra safety, make sure that the first person who posts the code isn’t you, just get a friend to act as random anon