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.
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.
technomancy | 10 hours ago
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.
k749gtnc9l3w | 13 hours ago
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.
singpolyma | 8 hours ago
Isn't this just how most of everything has always happened?
As if anyone does or it actually matters in practise
strugee | 7 hours ago
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.
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