Legal Advice: who owns rights of personal Heroku account?
I need a quick legal advise.
I'm in a situation where I was fired by a company but within a few days after they're threatening me with legal actions if I don't provide "company's property". By this they mean that I need to share my personal login info of a Heroku account that I had created while I was still employed there. That Heroku account just points to their Github account so they can run the server and view the app. Should I share my username and password with them if I don't want to?
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Why are you coming to HN for legal advice? Get advice from a Proper Lawyer (TM) before you even reply to their request.
I doubt it'll hurt the OP to ask out here, along with consulting a lawyer. IMHO, if you could simply remove the hooks between the company's Github repo and your personal account, you don't need to share your account details.
Heroku has a transfer app feature. Just transfer it to them and keep your username / password secure.
My friend, its best to contact a lawyer for such cases. This is not a starting point for you.
Getting a lawyer is an obvious action. Prior to investing into this it would make sense to ask the community. Also, I see this discussion would help other developers to understand their legal rights when they're in the similar situation.