body: Does California’s [AB5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Assembly_Bill_5_(2019)) affect freelance software developers? If they own their own company (registered as Inc.) then they obviously are not looking to become an employee. They started their company to have autonomy and deliver work as they see fit. Does AB5 force them to no longer own a company and instead become an employee?
  
  
  
title: California’s AB5 and freelance software development