---
title: "Open Source Resistance"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/open-source-resistance-dsioctwek
source_url: https://ossresistance.com/
type: article
source: "Hacker News"
published: 2026-05-13T17:11:19.358Z
updated: 2026-05-13T17:11:37.226Z
tags: ["open-source"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 1
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Open Source Resistance

**[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

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.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://ossresistance.com/>

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