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I wish they go one step further and say, if you sue or threaten to sue anyone (not just FB) over patents, then the grant terminates automatically. It's better
by sillysaurus3 9y ago
I wish they go one step further and say, if you sue or threaten to sue anyone (not just FB) over patents, then the grant terminates automatically.
It's better not to use software to force people to change their behavior. It's open source software. That means something. Or used to, at least. We've come from the ideals of the GPL down to defensive/active countermeasures of corporation vs corporation conflict.
- blackoil 9y agoGPL forces people to change behaviour, if they do not wish to open source their software, or use a different license.
- sillysaurus3 9y agoIn order to open the software to more people. The license here is a defensive move solely to limit damage. Which is fine, I get it. There's nothing wrong with it. I'm just lamenting that Software Matters Now. At this point it's less about having an open culture of sharing and more "We own this."
- Sacho 9y agoThe grant parent describes is very similar to GPL, with an end-goal of eliminating patents.
- AsyncAwait 9y ago> GPL forces people to change behaviour, if they do not wish to open source their software GPL forces people to respect the wishes of whatever software they depend on, they're free to not use it.