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This is a natural consequence of releasing an open source project. It’s the equivalent of leaving a car open with a key, documents and an invitation to drive i
by xchaotic 6y ago
This is a natural consequence of releasing an open source project.
It’s the equivalent of leaving a car open with a key, documents and an invitation to drive it for free.
- mhh__ 6y agoIt's closer to releasing a genetically engineered racing driver for that car. Anyone else is free to use said driver, but in this case if they make him faster they have to make their changes public because of the GPL
- MaxBarraclough 6y ago> in this case if they make him faster they have to make their changes public because of the GPL Related to this: the GPL's obligations about sharing the source, kick in if you're sharing the binary. It's not relevant whether you made any changes yourself. [0] For compliance, the lazy derivative product will have to make the source available. I wonder if they've done that. [0] https://www.fsf.org/bulletin/2020/fall/why-providing-source-code-for-unmodified-works-is-important https://www.fsf.org/bulletin/2020/fall/why-providing-source-...