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Assuming anything in this codebase is worth reusing, I'm glad it's GPL. It's a case where I'd like open-first to spread.
by sho_hn 4y ago
Assuming anything in this codebase is worth reusing, I'm glad it's GPL. It's a case where I'd like open-first to spread.
- systemvoltage 4y agoGPL would be good if it is a self contained library. If anyone would use it, it would be small portions of it, but GPL makes it completely useless. You can't contaminate anything with it. We'll stare at it, that's about it. That makes me think, this is actually a good call. Twitter can claim that they have complete transparency while not allowing anyone to touch their code (because it is GPL). "Anyone" being future competitors. If it was BSD licensed, it'd be tremendously useful in building a Twitter competitor (on paper, you still need network effects, I am just spitballing to make a point).
- sho_hn 4y agoIt's only contaminating other components where you incorporate or link it. If it's e.g. a microservice that's fine.
- systemvoltage 4y agoGood point about network calls & GPL licenseability.