Re: Non-Compete Challenges for Community Work

On Mon, 8 Dec 2025 at 11:43, Umair Shahid <umair(dot)shahid(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids(at)gmail(dot)com>
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>> On Tue, Dec 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM Cornelia Biacsics <
>> cornelia(dot)biacsics(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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>>> 1. Do you see this as an issue the PostgreSQL community should
>>> discuss?
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>>> No. I've seen no examples of this. The Postgres ecosystem is thriving,
>> and people jump jobs from one employer to another with no friction right
>> now.
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> +1
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> I have not seen any examples of non-compete clauses that prevent the
> person from contributing to PostgreSQL. The clauses that I have seen &
> experienced are designed to prevent poaching.
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Agreed - and companies like pgEdge and EDB have policies and often
employment contracts that specifically encourage contributions.

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