Yeah, this is standard practice at Big Cos in the US. I had to jump through hoops to send back contributions for an OSS I was modifying as part of work. This

Yeah, this is standard practice at Big Cos in the US. I had to jump through hoops to send back contributions for an OSS I was modifying as part of work. This would have been a huge win for the company too, as I wouldn't have to spend time maintaining the software as updates were pushed. Alas, it took so much time to get approval that we abandon our work and the OSS software. The most I was able to give back to a project that I made serious improvements for was a few bug fixes. And those were done without approval. I work for a smaller company now and they ask for notification, but don't take ownership of OSS work.