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Can they even pull the AGPL license? The re-licensing of current/new code is one thing, but removing the license on the old code? How is that possible? What abo
by elmo2you 6y ago
Can they even pull the AGPL license? The re-licensing of current/new code is one thing, but removing the license on the old code? How is that possible? What about copies elsewhere, are those no longer validly licensed? That's not how I thought licenses work.
These guys just appear to go from bad to worse, ignorantly making shit up as they go (on a road to certain self-destruction, if you'd ask me).
Also, why don't I hear more people about how GitHub was used to not at all host any code, but instead only as a (marketing) referral point for proprietary stuff somewhere else? I said goodbye to GitHub a while ago, so I wasn't aware this this had become acceptable practice.
Anyways, if this was a court case .. this would probably be the point where a judge would look these fellows straight in the eyes and say something along the lines of: "With arrogant behavior you so clearly displayed, you yourselves have squandered any of the sympathy, lenience, and benefit of a doubt I usually give to defendants, and will hereby sentence you to the harshest possible punishment. Not only to give a clear indication that your behavior is in no way acceptable. But also to serve as a reminder for any future parasites, whenever they think of making up their own rules as they see fit".
Either way, I think this shit is going to haunt these guys. Unless I got it all completely wrong, probably well deserved too.
- pseudalopex 6y agoThe AGPL specifies all rights are irrevocable.