Re:Employment terms discourage open-source dev (Score 1)

While your employer's IP terms may seem restrictive, they are common. The difference between your situation and that of others is that you have not received your employer's consent. - if the code you are interested in is code you use at work, then your company benefits by having you as a contributor. - if it is not used in your work, then convince them that it is important to your technical vitality and career development ( and free to the company ).