[MyDogHasFleas]

After reading the whole VF article I come to two conclusions.

1. If you work for a company which (as I'm sure GS does) has a policy forbidding you from uploading company data to the public cloud, don't violate that policy. Especially if it's source code you wrote while working there. (The open source argument is a red herring. It doesn't matter.). And super especially if you're about to leave for a competitor.

2. If you work in an industry and for a company that is being scrutinized by the Feds and is heavily regulated, really REALLY don't violate policies like this arbitrarily and on your own, because you might go to jail.

Is it "fair" what happened to him? No. But lots of unfair things happen. He paved the way with his thoughtless actions.