How we work: open source commitment
All modern software development from backend, app to web uses 3rd party components as building block. Most of these are open source no matter the tech stack, e.g. .NET, Java, Go, Node, etc. and are built from open source components with open source tools.
At Connected Cars, we acknowledge that this is how you build modern software, and we want our developers to participate in the open source community both at work and in their spare time. That is why our employees are allowed to publicly speak about general architecture, development, technical concepts, and similar topics as long as they do not disclose the specific implementation used in Connected Cars. Furthermore, they are also allowed to develop open source software or contribute to open source projects in their spare time, as long as this is not in conflict with Connected Cars’ interests.
If it supports their work at Connected Cars and the contribution does not constitute more than 20% of the code base, our employees can contribute to open source projects during work hours too. If an employee’s direct manager allows, the employee can publish small code bases (under 1000 lines of code) created during work hours as a new open source project. The employee is not, however, allowed to publish algorithms and models developed with insights from data collected from users, vehicles or similar.
We allow our employees to use any open source components in developments, as long as license limitations are followed.
Connected Cars does not retain intellectual property over work done in the employees’ spare time. For all open source contributions done within working hours, Connected Cars will retain intellectual property but will allow licensing according to the open source project policy and “copyright assignment”, if this is a specific requirement under the open source project.
We have a strong commitment to open source, which is why we hope the above will inspire and encourage our employees to be part of the open source community.
