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If this takes off, who owns it? You or Google?

• flancian 6y ago
  The community does :) Google owns the copyright, as can be seen in the LICENSE file and headers, but the totality of the project is open source (Apache). I own https://anagora.org https://anagora.org in particular and plan to run it as a public service.
  • rapnie 6y ago
    Ah yes. I had to do some searching (maybe I overlooked an easy link), but here are the sources:https://github.com/flancian/agora-server https://github.com/flancian/agora-server
    • flancian 6y ago
      Thanks for the feedback; sorry for the inconvenience. I'll probably add a 'github' chip somewhere on the page. https://anagora.org/node/open-source https://anagora.org/node/open-source lists all relevant repositories.
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  • ssakamoto 6y ago
    > Google owns the copyright Giant Red Flag
    • flancian 6y ago
      Oh, interesting -- why do you think so? I considered this for a while and I didn't find any downsides. It's open source; can be forked anytime by anyone. I do this on my free time.
      • arbol 6y ago
        Why does Google own the copyright then?
        • thristian 6y ago
          Because Google owns the copyright to everything their employees make during their employment, whether or not they do it on company time or use company resources.
          • flancian 6y ago
            Exactly, thank you. I understand there is often a reaction to seeing "copyright by Google"; but I researched it and it didn't seem to have any consequences of note. The one thing I know of is that contributors to the project must sign a (one time only) CLA: https://cla.developers.google.com/about/google-individual https://cla.developers.google.com/about/google-individual I hope this isn't an issue for you; if it is, please reach out -- or consider forking! :) https://anagora.org/node/open-source https://anagora.org/node/open-source
            • corobo 6y ago
              Because Google has killed every social play they've ever tried tbh. I can't get invested. This isn't the same as the killedbygoogle complaint. I know they kill a lot because they try a lot but social is Google's Moby Dick. They'll jump on it and fuck it up if it takes off. Fair disclosure I know it's distributed and as such I've got this link up my sleeve https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/google-abandons-open-standards-instant-messaging https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/google-abandons-open-s...
              • flancian 6y ago
                I won't try to dispel this notion; I think your opinion is valid. I'll just say that in my experience Google is made up from a majority of people with good intentions :) I'm interested in discussing how precisely Google could negatively affect the project -- I currently don't think that's possible, but I might be missing something.
    • amelius 6y ago
      Google != Oracle