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Many employers take the stance that they own all the code you write while at work, and therefore you don't have the right to release it under an open-source lic
by jonas21 9y ago
Many employers take the stance that they own all the code you write while at work, and therefore you don't have the right to release it under an open-source license.
- walshemj 9y agoand outside work if its related to you day job
- nathan_long 9y agoProper response: "OK, so I found a problem with one of the open source tools we use and I know how to fix it. Do you want me to 1) not fix it, in which case our code is broken, 2) put a workaround in our codebase, which you'll have to maintain forever 3) create a fork of the codebase which you'll have to maintain forever, including merging upstream changes, or else forego future bugfixes and improvements or 4) contribute the fix back to the original project on company time, which means you'll never have to pay to maintain that code?"