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> it will be the end of open source Not if the rules are carefully targeted at SaaS and not at codebases. If the rules are targeted at SaaS, the liability is a
by yosito 5y ago
> it will be the end of open source
Not if the rules are carefully targeted at SaaS and not at codebases. If the rules are targeted at SaaS, the liability is actually lower for open source because of the inherent transparency of everything open source code does.
- kragen 5y agoDo you think Nancy Pelosi is going to ask Richard Stallman, the Debian Project Leader, and the Apache Foundation how the regulation should work? Or is she going to ask SalesForce, Google, Apple, and Microsoft?
- Craighead 5y agoNobody should be asking Stallman anything
- staticassertion 5y agoKind of an indictment of the FSF that you think no one would bother talking to them.
- kragen 5y agoLots of people respect the FSF, Stallman, or both, and put a lot of effort into talking to them, but I have seen no evidence that any US legislator is among them.