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This gives a very interesting data point to the "open-source" vs. "free software" debate. Normally free/libre software zealots would tout BSD/ISC/Apache license
by aexaey 11y ago
This gives a very interesting data point to the "open-source" vs. "free software" debate. Normally free/libre software zealots would tout BSD/ISC/Apache licenses as a way to never get back any downstream changes. And yet - cloudflare did contribute back nicely to a BSD-licensed project, in a situation where they were absolutely not under an obligation to do so.
In fact, even GPLv2 would not have imposed an obligation to publish changes here, only a super-strict GPLv3 would.
One data point of course, hardly warrant a far-reaching conclusion; still - that is something very nice to see.
- jgrahamc 11y agoWe open source stuff because it's a virtuous circle. We think other people will look at our code and make it better!