Re:Avow-CI Is No More
by mjolk on Monday April 14, 2014 @11:59AM
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A) If his employer had said, "Yeah, go ahead -- no problem," then there wouldn't have been a problem.
B)If his employer had said, "We're all in favor of open-source contributions and projects, but not when they compete against our core products, from which we make money," then they could have worked out a deal. Or not. But at least it wouldn't have been left up in the air like this.
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False dichotomy. They could have pretended to go with '(A)' and then sued him over it later when/if the product became popular/made money.
He (the developer) also then exposes himself to risks that he otherwise might not (e.g. lazy lawyers that only act when prompted).
B)If his employer had said, "We're all in favor of open-source contributions and projects, but not when they compete against our core products, from which we make money," then they could have worked out a deal. Or not. But at least it wouldn't have been left up in the air like this.
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False dichotomy. They could have pretended to go with '(A)' and then sued him over it later when/if the product became popular/made money.
He (the developer) also then exposes himself to risks that he otherwise might not (e.g. lazy lawyers that only act when prompted).