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Has there ever been notable instances of company regretting and reversing license change of a major project?
by pquki4 2y ago
Has there ever been notable instances of company regretting and reversing license change of a major project?
- webwielder2 2y agoUnity!
- baobun 2y agoLerna, if that's major enough for you.
- toast0 2y agoOracle ended OpenSolaris although forks continue. Nokia and friends ended OpenSymbian, no forks afaik.
- pxc 2y agoWe're talking about an acquisition, not the original company making the reversal. Red Hat used to routinely open-source acquisitions. Sun also did— that's how we got OpenOffice (and by way of it, LibreOffice). StarOffice was proprietary when Sun bought it.