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The last time I went through my employer's process for releasing an open source project, the attorney assigned to our case emailed to ask if we really wanted to
by ajdlinux 9y ago
The last time I went through my employer's process for releasing an open source project, the attorney assigned to our case emailed to ask if we really wanted to choose the GPL, as we'd stated on the application form, because getting approval for MIT or Apache was going to be quicker.
We advised that yes, we did want the GPL, and indeed we didn't run into any further problems.
Keeping up the good fight in the midst of a megacorp, one tiny little utility at a time...
- dleslie 9y agoIn my experience the barrier is always the lawyers.
- asdfjlkasdf88 9y agoAnecdotally, part of the reason why is the lawyers I've talked to don't feel like FSF have offered enough clarification regarding legal concerns, and the hostility of the community. When the community will burn you to the ground for inadvertently shipping a binary without code, even after you've apologized and shipped the code, why would legal want to bother with them? There's been half a dozen knee-jerk $XYZ Corp is in gross violation of the GPL! headlines here, only for the conversation to go "No, they're not. Go away." Look at the SystemD thing and countless other situations. The mantra is "open and welcome and use our stuff!" Then they go all Walter if you slip a toe over the line. Neckbeards need to get that they're responsible for the apprehension. It's another form of tribalism. You either need to be perfect in how you fit in, never err, or we'll figuratively tear you a new one.