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The term you're looking for is "permissive". It is open source, but it is no longer as permissive as it was.
by phoe-krk 3y ago
The term you're looking for is "permissive". It is open source, but it is no longer as permissive as it was.
- benatkin 3y agoI know that term, but I don't think it's that much more clear. When someone forks the code and makes changes but doesn't contribute it back to the community, them having been allowed to do that is more permissive. However, what outsiders can do with their changes is less permissive. There's no shortcuts to making a nuanced topic much more clear. However, it is a frequently used term, so it's useful for quickly referring to these licenses. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permissive_software_license https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permissive_software_license I also didn't say that this type of license is the only kind that is acceptable to me. I like copyleft, including AGPL, and for me it depends on the context. In this situation, I want a vendor neutral federated chat tool. There already is one, XMPP, and Matrix has long been putting itself forth as the successor. However, they just made the reference implementation non vendor-neutral.