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> The Apache-2.0 license is a very permissive license and a lot of work is being shared for free here, so I trust people to not take advantage of that and sell
by goodpoint 3y ago
> The Apache-2.0 license is a very permissive license and a lot of work is being shared for free here, so I trust people to not take advantage of that and sell Valetudo; especially not as their own work.
> Please don’t disappoint me. Thank you.
Valetudo is a perfect example of a project at risks of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoization - OEMs can easily slap it onto their vacuums and prevent users and developers from changing the firmware.
This is exactly what GPLv3 was invented for.
- phs318u 3y agoYes. It is almost guaranteed that the code from this project will be used in exactly the way this person fears. Why not use the GPL if you don't want that to happen? Why instead try and beg people to not "disappoint" you? I find it hard to understand why people expect others to 'do right by them', when they aren't prepared to do right by their self (e.g. by choosing a license better fitting your expectation).
- goodpoint 3y agoSome large tech companies have been carrying on a smear campaign against GPL...