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Yes. That's why you shouldn't contribute to software on permissive licenses. > What difference does it make to the community if Element gets paid for this? Wi
by LaGrange 3y ago
Yes. That's why you shouldn't contribute to software on permissive licenses.
> What difference does it make to the community if Element gets paid for this?
Without that, Element would have to either pay people their fair share, or _leave_. They're not a charity, they're not doing this "for us," they're just extracting free labor.
- kragen 3y agoprobably you should only sign the cla if they pay you enough
- pgeorgi 3y agoThe easiest route towards that might be contract work or employment.
- kragen 3y agothat'll depend on the preferences of the individual contributor; some might be perfectly content with a single lump-sum payment for signing the cla, but it's true that it might be difficult for the company to negotiate something so simple with other contributors
- tensor 3y agoPersonally I would never contribute to AGPL software. I don’t want my contribution to forever be stuck in some political movement. I do contribute to permissive licensed software.
- LaGrange 3y agoThat sounds quite sad.