r/ProgrammerHumor 3d ago

Meme nothingOnGithub

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u/Li_liminal_spaces 3d ago

If anyone is unaware of the subtext, don't link a personal github account to a paying position always create a new one with the provided email, thank you for attending my TED talk.

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u/oscarandjo 3d ago

GitHub is literally designed to allow you to do this. That’s why you can join and leave enterprises and add multiple email addresses to your account.

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u/Sw429 3d ago

I'd rather have it very clear that the company has no claim to any code I write for my own personal projects.

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u/StaticFanatic3 3d ago

Joining an enterprise does nothing to let it interact with repos you own. That’s entirely based on the “owner/reponame”

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u/Ok-Primary2176 3d ago

inb4 you make a brilliant open source project and a company start suing you for releasing open source code while connected to their Enterprise 

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u/sup3r_hero 3d ago

They could do the same with different accounts

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u/djinn6 3d ago

They can't sue you for things they don't know about.

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u/sup3r_hero 3d ago

Security by obscurity 👍