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I don’t know exactly why, but this didn’t happen with shrink wrapped software (eg OS X) and def happened massively with the cloud.
by prionassembly 5y ago
I don’t know exactly why, but this didn’t happen with shrink wrapped software (eg OS X) and def happened massively with the cloud.
- lanstin 5y agoBecause the GPL works for non cloud software and does not work for cloud software. You would have to change the license rule from “in order to redistribute code based on a derived work from the covered work” to something like “in order to run code based on a derived work” which would be pretty broad. Maybe couldn’t keep you own kernel version on your own laptop without sharing the code with any people you do business with. And even then, Google and Aamazon can probably just rewrite / reverse engineer back to the stable interfaces people are using. So humanity will not really benefit in the long run from the wonders that they are developing.