They want to hunt me into a company that is developing a competitor to my open source project. Could this affect the future of the project?

Question

Law in IT

I have an open project, the source code of which is available on GitHub. Today I received an invitation to an interview in the mail at a company that is developing a similar product (with which the project is trying to compete).
According to HR, they found me using my GitHub profile.
I wonder if there is at least a theoretical possibility for the company to force me to stop developing my own open source project? Can there be "bookmarks" in the employment contract?

Answer 1

There are usually no bookmarks, but a requirement not to work on competing projects, incl. for some time after retirement. This is quite logical, because you can bring to your personal project ideas and technologies that are obtained by joint work in a commercial project. Therefore, when applying for a job, you should discuss your ability to continue working on your personal project and the conditions for such work, and it is advisable to fix the agreements in the contract or in an appendix to it. Since from the point of view of your employer, your experience is almost unique, most likely he will agree to such conditions, and, it is quite likely that he will agree to financial support for your project, because.

Answer 2

It is enough to add in the contract:
The employer does not have the right to:
The employer has the right:
[here we write down what we agreed on]

Answer 3

You need to go to an interview and try to understand their goal :)
They want to get just a thematic experience or preemptively swallow a competitor.

Answer 4

What are these bookmarks?) Everything will be transparent. There will be one clause in the contract. "It is forbidden to engage in third-party activities during working hours, in a similar direction, and I undertake, after dismissal, not to develop such projects for five years." And a week later, the project is no longer yours. It will be stupidly sued by the company's lawyers.

Answer 5

I wonder if there is at least a theoretical possibility for the company to force me to stop developing my own open source project? Can there be "bookmarks" in the employment contract?

According to the laws of Russia, they cannot. Even if you agree to these terms, you can still change your mind and pursue your project without consequences.
The only restriction is that you cannot use information that is a trade secret.