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My company is probably violating LGPL, and I think I may be complicit
Generally speaking, you are not a lawyer and it is not your job to make sure your company complies with all licenses and other contracts it may have.
Your job is to see that there is a license ...
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Called Dr. in government setting?
"Dr." in a civilian setting tends to refer to medical doctors (MD, not PhD). Of the people I know who have PhDs (and there are quite a few, both male and female), I don't think once have I ...
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My company is probably violating LGPL, and I think I may be complicit
You have two concerns: (1) a concern about your personal legal liability, and (2) a concern about your employer's ethics. It's helpful to keep those two things separate in your mind.
Regarding your ...
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Is there any feasible way to avoid outing myself as transgender to prospective employers?
This may not be the most politically correct advice, but here goes: Don't hide it but make it visible. You are what you are: that's great and don't let anyone else tell you otherwise. If any employer ...
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My company is probably violating LGPL, and I think I may be complicit
I’d read the LGPL license carefully. It is not the same as GPL. Also many packages are available under a GPL and a commercial license.
If the company openly admits using the software so that any ...
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Called Dr. in government setting?
I think it varies by the field you work in. Using that title is usually to reflect you position in the organizational hierarchy. In some job types, having a doctorate is important to that hierarchy ...
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Is there any feasible way to avoid outing myself as transgender to prospective employers?
Being stealth in a workplace is unfortunately quite dependent on several key factors that are mostly beyond an individual's control. Whether you can be stealth in the workplace depends fully on ...
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My company is probably violating LGPL, and I think I may be complicit
My gut feeling is that you have two very, very different situations going on:
Licensing of Company Product
This is your original issue. It is a real concern. Documentation of your communications on ...
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Is there any feasible way to avoid outing myself as transgender to prospective employers?
You probably are going to have to "out yourself" to an employer at some point, but there is no need to do it immediately.
The issue of course is that previous employers and educational ...
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Required to clean employer owned firearms at home as a campus public safety officer
I am a firearm owner in the United States, having my CCW permit and also participate in practical shooting as a sport.
As a firearms instructor, you are in a good position to advise the ...
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How do I make my boss understand that his edits to my writing make it unreadable?
How can I persuade him that his edits are not improving the quality of my writing?
You and your boss should jointly find a review source that your boss respects. Perhaps a reviewer in academia, or ...
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Called Dr. in government setting?
There's only two situations in which it is typically considered appropriate to call someone "Doctor" when speaking verbally.
The first is a medical doctor who is acting at the time in a ...
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What can I do to stand out as a remote software engineer from an unpopular part of the world?
Two things:
Check whether the "can't list client" clause in your contract is legal. Just because they put it in a contract doesn't mean they can enforce it. You will need an actual legal ...
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Is there any feasible way to avoid outing myself as transgender to prospective employers?
Consider outing yourself to your past employers instead.
This is a long shot since I don't have a clue how things work in the US, but if this were to happen to me in one of the EU countries that I'm ...
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Quitting instead of accepting Performance Improvement Plan?
A PIP is just an opportunity to look for another job while you still have one.
I'd accept it and use the time wisely.
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My company is probably violating LGPL, and I think I may be complicit
Really, you don't have to do anything. You don't want to have a heart attack about it. Take my word for it.
Or, you could just include the LGPL's as you suggest on the USB, anyway. It's easier to ...
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My company is probably violating LGPL, and I think I may be complicit
I personally admire your viewpoint, and efforts for detecting the gaps and standing up for what is right. However, unless you have the authority to dictate the process, there is limited options about ...
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What can I do to stand out as a remote software engineer from an unpopular part of the world?
The best way to overcome problems like this is networking and then leveraging your network to achieve your goals. I have much more severe disadvantages than you do, yet I got my last job with just one ...
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Is there any feasible way to avoid outing myself as transgender to prospective employers?
My best advice:
"Any relationship built on deception is doomed to fail"
Your business relationship is a relationship. One may be able to embellish the truth from time-to-time, but outright ...
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Quitting instead of accepting Performance Improvement Plan?
In my experience - this begins with reading the employee handbook. The rules of companies can be wildly variable.
Here's a couple variations/generalities:
Failing at a PIP usually ends in "...
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My company is probably violating LGPL, and I think I may be complicit
I think the most important action right now is written documentation of your concerns. You are no legal professional, so it is very probable that you are indeed misunderstanding something and ...
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Called Dr. in government setting?
I think there are two slightly conflicting usages of titles here:
We've got rank titles such as "Cheif", "Lieutenant" etc that are conferred to the holder of a job.
And we've got ...
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My company is probably violating LGPL, and I think I may be complicit
Notify the original authors of the LGPL'd libraries. It is up to them to decide whether legal action is warranted. Don't include proprietary information in your report; explain how to reproduce your ...
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How do I make my boss understand that his edits to my writing make it unreadable?
So the problem, it seems, is that you are the subject matter expert (in speaking English) but your boss is the most respected person on the team (at speaking/writing English) even though he isn't good ...
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My company is probably violating LGPL, and I think I may be complicit
Not adhering to proper licenses is a potential legal liability of your company and an extra risk factor. A lot of tools that scan for vulnerabilities (like outdated packages with known vulnerabilities)...
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Why am I not getting any responses from job applications?
Your experience in the UK doesn't immediately give employers good vibes. If you mention you need a visa sponsor that's another mark against you. If you don't mention it, people will just assume you ...
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