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The real question is, what kind of employer shuts down a project like this, cutting themselves off from useful contributions by other people?

• tzaman 14y ago
  And not only that, they could benefit from it immensely - by adding a 'sponsored by' link on the project pages.
• porker 14y ago
  A normal employer with a normal-world mindset. This is their competitive advantage and they're keeping it for themselves - even though they didn't (in his reading) buy the original code he wrote. Sad, but a fact of life if you deal with businesses.
  • nnnnni 14y ago
    and dinosaurs will die
  • chii 14y ago
    if a charting library was their only competitive advantage such that they'd worry if it was opensourced, i'd start looking for another job soon...
• slantyyz 14y ago
  "Employer" is not quite so simple. Organizations are multilayered and complex. In some cases, your whole department (i.e., bosses and bosses' bosses) could be in open support of this project, but the legal department could shut it down. Hell, the CEO could be even in support of it, but still be overridden by the legal dept for a bunch of valid reasons.