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It would be good to see more large companies making these sorts of donations. It's not like Spotify is unique in its usage of Urllib. That would be nice, but I
by dec0dedab0de 4y ago
It would be good to see more large companies making these sorts of donations. It's not like Spotify is unique in its usage of Urllib.
That would be nice, but I think it would be even better if these companies allowed their employees to contribute. And were open about their policies.
Maybe there should be a ranking site where employees can report anonymously about company policies. And companies can respond with their official policies.
The ranking could be something like this
0 - can't contribute at all
1 - can contribute in spare time with approval
2 - can contribute in spare time without approval
3 - can contribute on company time with approval
4- can contribute on company time without approval.
- rebolek 4y ago0, 1 and 2 - companies pay me for my time but when they don't pay, it's none of their business what I do, so what's the point?
- comex 4y agoIf you’re an employee (not contractor) in California, your employer can specify in the employment contract that they own IP rights to anything you make even in your own time, as long as it “relate[s] [..] to the employer’s business, or actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development of the employer”. Many tech companies do so, including large tech companies whose business relates to just about everything. YMMV if you’re in another jurisdiction.
- rebolek 4y agoWow, interesting and horrifying.
- ModernMech 4y agoA lot of companies have language in their employment contracts that amounts to them owning all of your ideas, even if they are thought of and worked on outside of company time. Under such a contract, you would need to get the company’s blessing to work on some open source project even in your spare time.