Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL-related legal question

2015-03-11 Thread Tom Lane
Michael Nolan writes: > One of my sons was hired by Google last year after spending the past > several years working on various open-source projects, it took 2 days of > back-and-forth with Google's legal department before he was satisfied with > the restrictions in their offer. FWIW, I had a pre

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL-related legal question

2015-03-11 Thread Michael Nolan
One of my sons was hired by Google last year after spending the past several years working on various open-source projects, it took 2 days of back-and-forth with Google's legal department before he was satisfied with the restrictions in their offer. -- Mike Nolan On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 4:46 PM, J

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL-related legal question

2015-03-11 Thread Jan de Visser
On March 12, 2015 06:43:40 AM Gavin Flower wrote: > Bill cannot comment, but it might be along the lines of assigning all > intellectual property rights, or something of that ilk. In that case, it > might give the company ownership of stuff he may have contributed (or > intends to contribute) to

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL-related legal question

2015-03-11 Thread Gavin Flower
On 12/03/15 01:55, Bill Moran wrote: On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 13:50:02 +0100 Dorian Hoxha wrote: I don't see how it could have negative impact on the postgresql project? It's not like your job will be to find vulnerabilities and not disclose them ? I don't think I should discuss the particulars of

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL-related legal question

2015-03-11 Thread Vincent Veyron
On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 08:28:11 -0400 Bill Moran wrote: > > I've been asked to sign a legal document related to a PostgreSQL- > related job opening. I have concerns about the document and that > signing it could have a negative impact on the PostgreSQL project > (in addition to personal concerns).

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL-related legal question

2015-03-11 Thread Bill Moran
On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 13:50:02 +0100 Dorian Hoxha wrote: > I don't see how it could have negative impact on the postgresql project? > It's not like your job will be to find vulnerabilities and not disclose > them ? I don't think I should discuss the particulars of the situation on the list. That's

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL-related legal question

2015-03-11 Thread Dorian Hoxha
I don't see how it could have negative impact on the postgresql project? It's not like your job will be to find vulnerabilities and not disclose them ? On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 1:28 PM, Bill Moran wrote: > > I've been asked to sign a legal document related to a PostgreSQL- > related job opening.

[GENERAL] PostgreSQL-related legal question

2015-03-11 Thread Bill Moran
I've been asked to sign a legal document related to a PostgreSQL- related job opening. I have concerns about the document and that signing it could have a negative impact on the PostgreSQL project (in addition to personal concerns). I'm guessing I'm not the first person to go through this. I'm ho