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They're not a nonprofit. You're obviously free to release whatever helpful startup materials you would like to the world, and I'm sure that YC would be quite ap
by estsauver 10y ago
They're not a nonprofit. You're obviously free to release whatever helpful startup materials you would like to the world, and I'm sure that YC would be quite appreciative of their being more wonderful startups existing in the world as a result.
- beambot 10y ago> They're not a nonprofit. For-profit & permissive licensing aren't mutually exclusive. For-profits can release their material with permissible licenses too. I think the parent's criticisms are valid. Consider YC's corporate mission [1]: > Our mission is to enable the most innovation of any company in the world in order to make the future great for everyone. [1] http://blog.samaltman.com/2017-yc-annual-letter http://blog.samaltman.com/2017-yc-annual-letter It would stand to reason that many more people around the world could benefit from free course materials (as in freedom, not beer). The choice to make materials nonfree will significantly limit their distribution and derivative works, thereby reducing the amount of innovation enabled, and contradicting their own "enable maximum innovation" mission statement. EDIT: And now sandslash has confirmed that Creative Commons is the ultimate intent. Clearly YC intends to remain consistent with it's core principles. I applaud them!