Disclosure: I work at Amazon, and from time to time I help out with open source policy.
There have been a number of changes to Amazon's policies over the years, and personal participation ("outside activity") is really straightforward now. For the vast majority of cases you just need to submit a ticket with details, and then it is auto-approved.
There have been a number of changes to Amazon's policies over the years, and personal participation ("outside activity") is really straightforward now. For the vast majority of cases you just need to submit a ticket with details, and then it is auto-approved.
For comparison, you can have a look at Google's open source policy on personal projects here: https://opensource.google.com/docs/iarc/
If you are an employee and have questions, drop me a line at msw at amazon.com