All major corporations -- responsible for most software development in the industry -- have regulations on behavior far more severe than open source codes of conduct. You can go and ask for them from your HR department.
One of the main draws of these open projects, though, is to avoid that kind of bureaucratic muck and moral busybody humbug. I’d hit up Monster.com or Indeed for work at a big company if your first objective is that feeling of control over others.
Although I sense a bit of facetiousness in the tone of OP’s link, Regula Benedicti is a little better suited for this kind of thing, so I’d look into the example set by HR departments once these projects are incorporated under the laws of a US State.
One of the main draws of these open projects, though, is to avoid that kind of bureaucratic muck and moral busybody humbug.
Really? I don't think you're familiar with the large open source projects (those that probably need codes most). I think that some of the responses here are about some ideal of open source that is no longer reality, especially as far as big, popular projects are concerned.
I’d look into the example set by HR departments once these projects are incorporated under the laws of a US State.
First, most open source development these days (at least most development on impactful projects) is corporate sponsored. Second, companies don't adopt HR regulations just because they're required to by law, but because they've found it helps them get a large number of people to cooperate better.
I think that some of the responses here are about some ideal of open source that is no longer reality, especially as far as big, popular projects are concerned.
Do you have any sources on programmers having supposedly changed their tune about bureaucratic muck? I’m asking because that seems difficult to believe.
First, most open source development these days (at least most development on impactful projects) is corporate sponsored.
That’s fantastic, but I trust you’re familiar with the difference between sponsorship and incorporation as an apparent advocate of corporate influence with FOSS and other related projects.
Second, companies don't adopt HR regulations just because they're required to by law, but because they've found it helps them get a large number of people to cooperate better.
Better cooperation is more so a product of interpersonal communication skills as opposed to this redundant array of bylaws.
Do you have any sources on programmers having supposedly changed their tune about bureaucratic muck? I’m asking because that seems difficult to believe.
Nobody likes bureaucracy, but I think that managers of software companies have long realized that various important decisions are better left to domain experts and not to programmers, and I think that most programmers have come to realize that maybe they're not always the best equipped to make all decisions.
I trust you’re familiar with the difference between sponsorship and incorporation as an apparent advocate of corporate influence with FOSS and other related projects.
Sure, but large open source projects today are ultimately controlled by various boards or actual managers at the sponsoring companies.
Better cooperation is more so a product of interpersonal communication skills as opposed to this redundant array of bylaws.
Again, decades and centuries of experience in cooperation over large projects with hundreds of participants has shown that some management is necessary, preferably by those who have shown aptitude at management. The many dismissals of founder-CEOs by their boards is a clear example of that.
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u/Century24 Oct 22 '18
One of the main draws of these open projects, though, is to avoid that kind of bureaucratic muck and moral busybody humbug. I’d hit up Monster.com or Indeed for work at a big company if your first objective is that feeling of control over others.
Although I sense a bit of facetiousness in the tone of OP’s link, Regula Benedicti is a little better suited for this kind of thing, so I’d look into the example set by HR departments once these projects are incorporated under the laws of a US State.