Re: Non-Compete Challenges for Community Work

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From: Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org>
To: Umair Shahid <umair.shahid@gmail.com>
Cc: Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@gmail.com>
Cc: Cornelia Biacsics <cornelia.biacsics@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-advocacy@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Non-Compete Challenges for Community Work
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2025 13:23:57 +0000
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On Mon, 8 Dec 2025 at 11:43, Umair Shahid <umair.shahid@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Dec 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM Cornelia Biacsics <
>> cornelia.biacsics@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>    1. Do you see this as an issue the PostgreSQL community should
>>>    discuss?
>>>
>>> No. I've seen no examples of this. The Postgres ecosystem is thriving,
>> and people jump jobs from one employer to another with no friction right
>> now.
>>
>
> +1
>
> I have not seen any examples of non-compete clauses that prevent the
> person from contributing to PostgreSQL. The clauses that I have seen &
> experienced are designed to prevent poaching.
>

Agreed - and companies like pgEdge and EDB have policies and often
employment contracts that specifically encourage contributions.

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Dave Page
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