u/lilmyrmeow

Hi, i’m an Embedded Linux engineer at European company. Today i was called to the meeting and heard that I’ve „stolen company’s IP” by publishing linux kernel (without DTS, Secure Processor integration and everything what can be called IP) only preempt patches, merging two FOSS (still publicly available) branches from our vendors to make unified codebase and avoid switching upstream while making downstream changes.

1. Code was published by me because of adhering to GPL license
2. I guess I’m not that stupid to public ANY vendor-specific details
3. Code was published from my own company name and mostly based on my previous experience.

Is the behavior like that acceptable and legal at all?