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The only possible purpose of these licenses is to act as Super Codes of Conduct, CoCs which can "kick out" people who aren't in the project by making it too dif
by msla 7y ago
The only possible purpose of these licenses is to act as Super Codes of Conduct, CoCs which can "kick out" people who aren't in the project by making it too difficult for them to keep using the software when one of the contributors could pull the trigger on legal action. The action doesn't have to be successful to be expensive to fight, after all; it's the old troll tactic of making the danegeld less expensive than the battle would be.
Poof. Now anyone you don't like can't even use the software, let alone fork it and go their own direction with it. Ballmer could hardly have done it better.
- upofadown 7y agoNothing to do with the project, everything to do with the users.
- matheusmoreira 7y agoThey can just ignore the license if they want/need the software that much. Seriously doubt random users are gonna get sued for violating terms.
- msla 7y ago> They can just ignore the license if they want/need the software that much. Seriously doubt random users are gonna get sued for violating terms. By all means tap-dance in the minefield. You'll probably be fine. Arbitrary enforcement is the cornerstone of a good, solid chilling effect. Finally, as a point of policy, I'd rather people not get the idea that OSS licenses are ignorable. That's even more Ballmer-esque in its implications.