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Looks like the license is AGPL so that nobody can clone them and do a similar 'pro' version. Now, when you contribute to their OS project you need to sign a CL
by th0br0 10y ago
Looks like the license is AGPL so that nobody can clone them and do a similar 'pro' version.
Now, when you contribute to their OS project you need to sign a CLA which pretty much consists of the usual 'all your base are belong to us'.
You hereby grant to the Owner and to recipients of software distributed by the Owner a perpetual, worldwide, non- exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute Your Contributions and such derivative works.
- icebraining 10y agoLooks like the license is AGPL so that nobody can clone them and do a similar 'pro' version. Well, they can, they just have to ship the source to the buyers (and no, they don't need to give it to non-buyers).
- cben 10y agoBut that source would also be AGPL and a buyer could share it with the rest of the world. But the odds of someone except the original developer wanting to work on a paid version are low anyway.
- ilian 10y agoThe contributors have to sign the CLAs only if they want to contribute to the core of the application. BTW, all the tagspaces extensions are licensed under MIT, so here no CLAa are required.