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Just reading certain code is enough to taint a human programmer though. Some companies have policies against hiring developers with experience on some OSS projects because they have their own clean room implementation they want to protect.

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rag-hav|3 years ago

> Some companies have policies against hiring developers with experience on some OSS projects

Can you please elaborate on this?

monkeybutton|3 years ago

They're basically following this process to build their products: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_room_design

Sateeshm|3 years ago

Season 1 of halt and catch fire

usrn|3 years ago

Right. I don't see any way this is legal.

Zedmor|3 years ago

Never heard of single one. I bet you just invented it.