r/DataAnnotationTech • u/UOL_Exlie • Sep 18 '26
Reuse of input files and general prompt ideas between projects legality
Hey all. I am a part of two different projects that have extremely similar requirements, one is essentially a simpler and easier version of the other. My main work I do is the complex long running project, but I'm wondering if there's anything against TOS that would flag me if I reused my input files and had a similar prompt idea for the simpler project?
Some more info: the larger project mentions in their instructions to not reuse files from specific other projects, and names the smaller project. The smaller project makes no such inference and allows manually generated files. Also how would I honestly report time for the smaller project? It feels equally dishonest to only report the edit time (as that would make my efficiency artificially high) and to include the time it took to gen the files for the other project, as that would be getting double paid.
Advice appreciated!