AWS gives open source the middle finger?

Re:AWS gives open source the middle finger? by hedora on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @11:00PM (#18871417)

California law expressly prohibits this exact policy. If you want to be able to work on open source (that is unrelated to your job, on your own equipment) on your own time, move to Silicon Valley.

Even Amazon employees in CA should be exempt from this policy.

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Re:AWS gives open source the middle finger? by yongjik on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @11:08PM (#18871447)

...As long as what you work on does not overlap with anything your employer does.

...which is a big problem if you work at Amazon or Google. (Can you think of a single software project that will not intersect any Google project? Are you sure?)

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Re:AWS gives open source the middle finger? by pvg on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @11:06PM (#18871438)

What is the law you're referring to?

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Re:AWS gives open source the middle finger? by rectang on Thursday January 10, 2019 @09:17AM (#18873950)

CA Labor Code 2870.

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Re:AWS gives open source the middle finger? by pvg on Thursday January 10, 2019 @05:47PM (#18879144)

I don't think that offers nearly the sort ironclad protection the GP is suggesting. The broad exemptions are part of the reason AoI agreements are universal in SV.

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Re:AWS gives open source the middle finger? by jenscow on Thursday January 10, 2019 @07:00AM (#18873243)

> "that is unrelated to your job"

My OSS project is "software development".

My company's main function is "software development".

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