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There definitely are nuances to licensing vs public perception.. what makes you say it is not adhering to its license? https://www.sqlite.org/copyright.html ht
by ungamedplayer 3y ago
There definitely are nuances to licensing vs public perception.. what makes you say it is not adhering to its license?
https://www.sqlite.org/copyright.html https://www.sqlite.org/copyright.html
- TheCleric 3y agoNot agreeing or disagreeing with the parent, but when I’ve seen this argument in the past it’s usually meant as “they’re not using GPL so nothing stops someone from copying the code, creating something new, and then not being forced to distribute their source.” Essentially they usually mean it’s not Open Source if at some point the source code of downstream projects could be closed source.
- wizzwizz4 3y agoThe word for that is usually "copyleft".
- josephg 3y agoYep. Or “free software” / FOSS. The term Open source was largely popularised by Eric Raymond and the OSI. It was coined with the release of the source code of Netscape navigator and was famously - and controversially - always business friendly.
- ungamedplayer 3y agoDoesn't this theory apply to almost anyone with the capability to dual license. Which I thought was any project that had agreement from the original authors.