Have you though about using a pseudonym instead of your real identity for this? My contract even forbids me to contribute to OSS. You can’t advertise with any of your OSS work on your CV though.
The standard Google employee contract contains this restriction. It's easier for them to institute a blanket ban on open source contributions (including in one's spare time) and then consider exceptions on a case-by-case basis. They have a dedicated internal committee that fields employee requests to work on open source projects.
Because Google owns the copyright to everything their employees make during their employment, whether or not they do it on company time or use company resources.
Because Google has killed every social play they've ever tried tbh. I can't get invested.
This isn't the same as the killedbygoogle complaint. I know they kill a lot because they try a lot but social is Google's Moby Dick. They'll jump on it and fuck it up if it takes off.
Fair disclosure I know it's distributed and as such I've got this link up my sleeve
I won't try to dispel this notion; I think your opinion is valid. I'll just say that in my experience Google is made up from a majority of people with good intentions :)
I'm interested in discussing how precisely Google could negatively affect the project -- I currently don't think that's possible, but I might be missing something.
I considered this for a while and I didn't find any downsides. It's open source; can be forked anytime by anyone.
I do this on my free time.