Employer (Google?) forbids contributions to some open-source projects

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	Employer (Google?) forbids contributions to some open-source projects (github.com)
	14 points by rscafi 2087 days ago

2 comments

dgrin91 2087 days ago

This is not uncommon for bigcorps. Could be many reasons for this, including licensing, competition, or fear of data leakage.

Bit surprising for this to come from Google though.

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jsnell 2087 days ago

Google's policies on this are public: https://opensource.google/docs/patching/

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heavyset_go 2086 days ago

This is unfortunate. An employer deciding what projects you can contribute to on your own time and with your own resources seems like an overstep to me.

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lostmsu 2087 days ago

This would make sense for larger infrastructural projects. But for a single feature extension to a command line shell?

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advenio 2087 days ago

Appears that he works for Apple now.

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heavyset_go 2087 days ago

If I remember correctly, as part of Apple's employment contract, employees are restricted from contributing code to open source projects.

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