FTA quoting an expert in licensing: "It’s important not to orphan a community codebase,” said open source software licensing specialist Heather Meeker, General

FTA quoting an expert in licensing: "It’s important not to orphan a community codebase,” said open source software licensing specialist Heather Meeker, General Partner at OSS Capital. “It can be hard to define what that means, but it’s disruptive to withdraw code from a public repository and then change the license. The challenge is to ensure a commitment to the community as ownership interests change over time. You need protective provisions, so companies don’t abandon their open source roots.”