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sorry i missed this comment and only saw it now.

There are actually literally zero instances of companies enforcing a "we own all the code you write" clause against contributions to an open source project.

the thread is about contributing to a project on company time in order to submit a change that the company needed. the fact that this work is owned by the company is not in dispute. it is 100% certain that the company owns that work because it was done in order to solve a company problem, and you most certainly got paid for it.

so the problem is not one of a company enforcing an "we own all the code you write" clause but the fact that as an employee you do not have the right to publish work the company owns, unless they give explicit permission. google for example does give explicit permission and does limit contributions to projects that have specific licenses. for example googlers are not allowed to contribute to AGPL projects.

as a project owner, i need the assurance that you do have permission from your employer. the fact that no employer has ever enforced ownership is irrelevant to me. if it is clear that you wrote that patch at work, i want to see your permission.