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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Conflict of interest
by
thecrazy1
on 09/03/2017, 16:07:32 UTC
So you're saying that everyone who works for a company that does stuff related to an open source project should have no say and cannot contribute to the project? Do you realize how absurd that idea is?
No I am saying you develop whatever you want but you should not have the power to decide or influence whether the feature you developed should be part of an open source project like bitcoin when your company will directly benefit if that feature is added to the open source project.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_of_interest

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"A conflict of interest is a set of circumstances that creates a risk that professional judgement or actions regarding a primary interest will be unduly influenced by a secondary interest."[1] Primary interest refers to the principal goals of the profession or activity, such as the protection of clients, the health of patients, the integrity of research, and the duties of public office. Secondary interest includes personal benefit and is not limited to only financial gain but also such motives as the desire for professional advancement, or the wish to do favours for family and friends. These secondary interests are not treated as wrong in and of themselves, but become objectionable when they are believed to have greater weight than the primary interests.