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So Google owns the IP but doesn't support the maintainers that do all the work and keep it running. They take the credit, the value of the brand and do nothing.
by password1 4y ago
So Google owns the IP but doesn't support the maintainers that do all the work and keep it running. They take the credit, the value of the brand and do nothing.
Can't the maintainers do a fork, continue their work with a new name and then maybe start a foundation or something to attract money and support it? Fastlane is a very mission critical piece of software for many companies, I'm sure some of them would support it if it's an indie project and not a Google property.
Edit: there's actually a recent discussion about this and the idea of moving it to the Mobile Native Foundation. https://github.com/MobileNativeFoundation/discussions/discussions/194 https://github.com/MobileNativeFoundation/discussions/discus...
- skybrian 4y agoIt's an MIT license. Worrying about who "owns the IP" for an open source project when you could fork any time seems a little much.
- kevin_thibedeau 4y agoMIT license doesn't transfer trademarks and patents.
- todd3834 4y agoI’m not familiar with open sourced code under MIT that is still protected by a patent. Can you share some examples of this?
- DaiPlusPlus 4y agoIn practice it means that development work still happens, and, and prebuilt redist binaries still get made, but only in countries that don't recognize software patents.
- zinekeller 4y agoTechnically not under MIT, but x264 and x265 are being developed despite the underlying technologies under it have patents.