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right, but if/when they take VC funding they start down a path leading to loss of control, and a future CEO may lock future contributions.
by dustingetz 17y ago
right, but if/when they take VC funding they start down a path leading to loss of control, and a future CEO may lock future contributions.
- bad_user 17y agoThen you can create a more open alternative and import their data legally.
- Kadin 17y agoIf that were to happen, someone could fork the site using the last CC-licensed data dump. I would hope that would happen immediately upon any change in licensing away from CC/GPL/GFDL/similar. It's not impossible but they can't just make off with the data in the way that CDDB did. (Now, if you want to talk about a company abusing the community ... look at Yelp.)