| From: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Umair Shahid <umair(dot)shahid(at)gmail(dot)com>, Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids(at)gmail(dot)com>, Cornelia Biacsics <cornelia(dot)biacsics(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-advocacy(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Non-Compete Challenges for Community Work |
| Date: | 2025-12-08 16:56:55 |
| Message-ID: | CA+Tgmoa7skap0a42zn=YU3NqGwcGzp-r6G--PdTJNjj-JTtckw@mail.gmail.com |
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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).
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Robert Haas
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
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