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But why would that be a concern? Why isn't Apple's involvement welcomed for the expertise, rather than maligned for some arbitrary notion of "cleanliness" in th

• MBCook 4y ago
  If Apple was open about it and willing to license stuff as necessary, it would be fine. But they’re not. We know that because they aren’t doing it. So if an Apple employee were to contribute anything it would be some sort of license violation and taint the kernel’s licensing and the (legal) safety of the project. To the degree Apple is involved in this, it can’t be more than “benevolent neglect” of allowing this to happen and setting things up in such a way that it’s possible in the first place. They are never going to answer questions or give any source code.
  • uoaei 4y ago
    Ah I see. I had understood the Apple employee participating surreptitiously as them doing so outside of their employment contract (outside of working hours, not on company property, etc.) so was confused about why such contributions would be banned.
    • saagarjha 4y ago
      At-will employment contracts typically do not have exemptions for "outside of working hours" or "not on company property". They apply 100% of the time, when legally permissible.