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How is this license merely "source available" ? After reading it it sounds extremely permissive. For example: > The licensor grants you a copyright license for
by ranger_danger 5y ago
How is this license merely "source available" ? After reading it it sounds extremely permissive. For example:
> The licensor grants you a copyright license for the software to do everything you might do with the software that would otherwise infringe the licensor's copyright in it for any permitted purpose.
> Your license to distribute covers distributing the software with changes and new works
> The licensor grants you an additional copyright license to make changes and new works based on the software for any permitted purpose.
> The licensor grants you a patent license for the software that covers patent claims the licensor can license, or becomes able to license, that you would infringe by using the software.
> Any purpose is a permitted purpose
- ignoramous 5y agom3o developers have since adopted Apache License v2 which is FOSS, but the previous Polyform-based license wasn't. From "What is polyform", https://archive.is/1YxES https://archive.is/1YxES > PolyForm is not... > Open source or free software. There are plenty of existing open source licenses. PolyForm is not a substitute for them, but an alternative for those who want to license source code under limited rights. See also: "Open source confronts its midlife crisis", https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18687498 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18687498 "What comes after open source", https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19554272 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19554272
- ranger_danger 5y agoDid you read the license linked above or the clauses I cited? None of your text is on there, and what I read (even of the "Polyform license") was quite permissive, unless I'm really misunderstanding something here.