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And this is why I think people who love Software Freedom should think twice about signing a CLA for their copyleft licensed contributions. [1] inbound=outbound
by _msw_ 3y ago
And this is why I think people who love Software Freedom should think twice about signing a CLA for their copyleft licensed contributions. [1]
inbound=outbound license terms is a good norm for FOSS. Why should a software vendor play by different rules than everyone else when it comes to things like copyleft compliance?
[1] https://meshedinsights.com/2021/06/14/legally-ignoring-the-license/ https://meshedinsights.com/2021/06/14/legally-ignoring-the-l...
- bawolff 3y agoFrom a pragmatic perspective, it is much easier to enforce an open source license with a lawsuit if you own 100% of it.
- _msw_ 3y agoThis is true. The question to me is: does the party to whom you give the rights and authority subscribe to community-oriented FOSS license compliance principles? [1] [1] https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/principles.html https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/principles.htm...