Hi Gunnar, Just a question: Many employers in their employment contracts specify that any software work done by employees, even off hours, is the property of the company. I'm wondering if such situations place a requirement on a private donor to clear outside contributions with their employer?
Dave -----Original Message----- From: Gunnar Tapper [mailto:tapper.gun...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, November 4, 2017 11:07 AM To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Affiliation vs. individual Hi, I've discussed this with a few individuals but would like to raise the discussion with a larger group. Situation As contributors to the ASF, we represents ourselves as individuals. Some of us contribute to projects as part of our employment, some of us donate our time privately. Discussion You the individual is asked to share your employer when going through processes such as graduation. I get the reason: to ensure diversity in the project. However, some of us are donating our private time and may therefore want to represent ourselves as a private donor rather than involve our employeer in the discussion. [Disclosure: I work for a company that is unlikely to have an issue with my involvement with ASF projects outside what my company cares for.] Proposal Anyone that chooses to do so can use "private donation" instead of the employer when representing affiliation. Thoughts? -- Thanks, Gunnar *If you think you can you can, if you think you can't you're right.*
