Why we’re changing to the AGPL license

Re:Why we’re changing to the AGPL license by corty on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @08:19AM (#24764858)

because if you contribute during work hours, the contribution is legally owned by your employer. If you contribute after work, some jurisdictions also might give the employer rights to that contribution. So the answer is: because the code might not really be yours to contribute.

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Re:Why we’re changing to the AGPL license by Aeolun on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @09:13AM (#24765252)

I guess they should then just not pay me for the time I spent working on non-approved stuff.

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Re:Why we’re changing to the AGPL license by colejohnson66 on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @09:47AM (#24765496)

It’s a bit difficult to do that when your salaried. Because you’re not being paid for the hours you work, but just for being an employee, many states have said that stuff done outside of work could be construed as being “on the clock”

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Re:Why we’re changing to the AGPL license by Aeolun on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @05:52PM (#24770751)

Ah, not where I work. If I work any less than 40 hours they substract it from my salary, even though it’s the closest thing we have to a salaried position.

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Re:Why we’re changing to the AGPL license by colejohnson66 on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @09:01PM (#24772119)

Isn’t that just hourly with no overtime pay then? That sounds ridiculous

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Re:Why we’re changing to the AGPL license by Aeolun on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @06:05PM (#24782217)

Hmm, if you put it like that. Yes, I guess that’s how it works :/

Ultimately overtime is paid, but the first 45 hours every month are ‘included’ in the salary.

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