> On Mar 4, 2022, at 10:28 AM, Jarek Potiuk <ja...@potiuk.com> wrote: > >> Definitely another good way to support projects. I think 2. and 3. >> originating in user companies can actually help foster vendor neutrality >> as these companies are really just users. Whether the people are >> employees or contractors is not important. What *is* important is that >> they have time and mandate to contribute broadly to the project rather >> than just trying to get specific features in.
This is a subtle and important point. - how do vendors enable their individuals to upstream changes? - how easy does the project make it for individuals to upstream their changes? > > There is a huge difference actually. > > Employees - almost by definition - cannot work for competitors at the > same time. Individual contributors can. That depends on the terms of employment. I’m employed currently and explicitly expected to contribute. This hasn’t always been the case. > > As a contractor (and that also should be part of any other > contributor's clause) I can work with multiple stakeholders - even > competitors (and this is an important clause that I make sure in my > contract). There are reasons for competitors to co-operate. > > Currently, as an independent contributor i have/had business relationship > with: > > * Google > * AWS > * Astronomer > > (And some more are coming). They are competitors, buti also they are > cooperating on Airflow - so called "coopetition". This is next to > impossible for an Employee to have several employment contracts with > competitors at the same time. This is how a vendor independent project ought to work. Perhaps a review of https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/the-apache-way-to-sustainable ? > > Also it allows me to lead projects and initiatives, where there is a > value brought by all those different stakeholders. Being independent > and paid by all of those make it also easier for other stakeholders to > join the efforts. > > This is all extremely different to situations where the people > contributing are employed by a single Employer. That also works - of > course, and there is nothing wrong with that. But it is very > different. Everyone’s situation is uniquely theirs. All the best, Dave > > J. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
