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Licenses are meaningless unless someone is willing to defend them. Defending a license takes money. The ability to earn money is limited by open source licens
by jqpabc123 4y ago
Licenses are meaningless unless someone is willing to defend them.
Defending a license takes money.
The ability to earn money is limited by open source licensing.
Open source licensing is largely self defeating --- as proven by the case in point.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 4y agoYes and no. The current geopolitical winds made this not an impossible development. There is a reason we are hearing about it now ( not dissimilar to TikTok news ).
- rvnx 4y agoChina is 0% possible to enforce it. I had Chinese guys cloning one of my software without respecting the licence, and their answer was a big fuck you message mixed with lot of insults. So, "reality sucks, deal with it" (Linus Torvalds).
- singpolyma3 4y agoI don't see why you think open source licensing limits the ability to earn money?
- throwawaysalome 4y agoThe mantra of common sense deniers.