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To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: 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 14:54:13 +0000
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On Mon, 8 Dec 2025 at 14:20, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 8, 2025 at 8:24 AM Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote:
> > Agreed - and companies like pgEdge and EDB have policies and often
> employment contracts that specifically encourage contributions.
>
> I'm kind of surprised by the direction of this conversation, because
> I'm aware of some problematic cases. Even if none of us were, that
> wouldn't mean that there are no problems. People are going to be
> understandably reluctant to discuss their terms of employment
> publicly.
>
I don't think she's wrong - I just think the issue is much smaller than
suggested and that there are likely better places to spend time, effort,
and money at the moment (such as, I believe, the average age of our
contributors being on the rise). More and more jurisdictions seem to be
banning non-competes (or regularly ruling against them) for employees, so
it seems to me that the problem is slowly going away anyway.
--
Dave Page
pgAdmin: https://www.pgadmin.org
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