Open Source Resistance
18 points by MatheusRich
18 points by MatheusRich
Hard to argue with this, but calling it "resistance" is a bit much. The policy as I read it still has the end goal of increasing the effectiveness of exploitative tech megacorps.
Actual resistance would be contributing to actually-liberatory projects like fediverse software, ad blockers, or yt-dlp during work hours.
And, I guess, a flip side: if you are a company claiming to want to support Open Source but being unsure how — openly supporting some form of this, plus visibly recognising free software maintenance as a signal of competence when hiring, could be a first step.
Isn't this just how most of everything has always happened?
make sure you own the open source IP you ship.
As if anyone does or it actually matters in practise
As if anyone does
Apparently Mike McQuaid does. I also do. And I have a friend (former manager, so knew that I did this) who asked me to glance at his new contract for this exact reason.
or it actually matters in practise
It's rare, sure, but sometimes it does in fact really matter: https://lobste.rs/s/rsbfg1/bumble_claims_ip_rights_on_employee_s_open