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Guess, I'm thinking farther back, when developers first started sharing code openly with no licenses at all. Just groups working together to build something. T
by FrustratedMonky 4y ago
Guess, I'm thinking farther back, when developers first started sharing code openly with no licenses at all. Just groups working together to build something. Then some corporation, or guess anybody, could take it, erase the names, and start making money. Then there was a profusion of new licenses of all types trying to strike a balance, but all to protect the programmers from being erased. Some to make money and some just for joy.
- pabs3 4y agoInitially software wasn't even copyrightable, so it wasn't even possible to apply a license because there were no laws against taking code like that.