A manifesto-style guide for software engineers who want to contribute to open source on company time. It covers legal caveats around employment contracts and IP assignment, advises negotiating open source carve-outs before signing, and outlines ethical boundaries (no leaking confidential data, no misuse of company resources). The argument is strongest for senior maintainers maintaining public dependencies their employers already rely on, and weakest for junior engineers or those in regulated environments.
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