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0 pointshedora7y ago0 comments

California law expressly prohibits this exact policy. If you want to be able to work on open source (that is unrelated to your job, on your own equipment) on your own time, move to Silicon Valley.

Even Amazon employees in CA should be exempt from this policy.

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yongjik7y ago

...As long as what you work on does not overlap with anything your employer does.

...which is a big problem if you work at Amazon or Google. (Can you think of a single software project that will not intersect any Google project? Are you sure?)

pvg7y ago

What is the law you're referring to?

rectang7y ago

CA Labor Code 2870.

pvg7y ago

I don't think that offers nearly the sort ironclad protection the GP is suggesting. The broad exemptions are part of the reason AoI agreements are universal in SV.

jenscow7y ago

> "that is unrelated to your job"

My OSS project is "software development".

My company's main function is "software development".

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0 pointshedora7y ago0 comments

California law expressly prohibits this exact policy. If you want to be able to work on open source (that is unrelated to your job, on your own equipment) on your own time, move to Silicon Valley.

Even Amazon employees in CA should be exempt from this policy.

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yongjik7y ago

...As long as what you work on does not overlap with anything your employer does.

...which is a big problem if you work at Amazon or Google. (Can you think of a single software project that will not intersect any Google project? Are you sure?)

pvg7y ago

What is the law you're referring to?

rectang7y ago

CA Labor Code 2870.

pvg7y ago

I don't think that offers nearly the sort ironclad protection the GP is suggesting. The broad exemptions are part of the reason AoI agreements are universal in SV.

jenscow7y ago

> "that is unrelated to your job"

My OSS project is "software development".

My company's main function is "software development".

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse