Re: Non-Compete Challenges for Community Work

On Mon, 8 Dec 2025 at 16:57, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 8, 2025 at 9:54 AM Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
> > I don't think she's wrong - I just think the issue is much smaller than
> suggested and that there are likely better places to spend time, effort,
> and money at the moment (such as, I believe, the average age of our
> contributors being on the rise). More and more jurisdictions seem to be
> banning non-competes (or regularly ruling against them) for employees, so
> it seems to me that the problem is slowly going away anyway.
>
> It's all a bit related, though. Older, more established contributors
> are more likely to have leverage that they can use to preserve their
> employment options, or the resources to get through a period of
> unemployment or under-employment. Younger or less well-established
> contributors are more likely to get pushed out of the community by an
> adverse event (such as an employer or ex-employer with a good lawyer).
>

True, that could definitely be a factor.

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