Employer (Google?) forbids contributions to some open-source projects
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Re: Employer (Google?) forbids contributions to some open-source projects
#2Appears that he works for Apple now.
Re: Employer (Google?) forbids contributions to some open-source projects
#3This 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.
Re: Employer (Google?) forbids contributions to some open-source projects
#4Appears that he works for Apple now.
If I remember correctly, as part of Apple's employment contract, employees are restricted from contributing code to open source projects.
Re: Employer (Google?) forbids contributions to some open-source projects
#5This 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.
This would make sense for larger infrastructural projects. But for a single feature extension to a command line shell?
Re: Employer (Google?) forbids contributions to some open-source projects
#6Anyone can claim to work for Google in any of the Social sites.
Also, nobody but small potatoes use the term 'employer'. They usually use the term company/firm
Re: Employer (Google?) forbids contributions to some open-source projects
#7This 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.
Google's policies on this are public: https://opensource.google/docs/patching/
Re: Employer (Google?) forbids contributions to some open-source projects
#8This 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.
Google's policies on this are public: https://opensource.google/docs/patching/
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.