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I'm really hoping this string of "open source project goes proprietary" news stories are helping people see the value of licenses like the GPL, which do prevent
by csande17 2y ago
I'm really hoping this string of "open source project goes proprietary" news stories are helping people see the value of licenses like the GPL, which do prevent you from releasing future contributions under a different license unless you own the copyright to 100% of the original code.
- jen20 2y agoIndeed: if remaining open is valued, people should be looking for licenses that prevent it, not ownership by a foundation or similar. That realistically means the GPL. Unfortunately that cuts to the root cause of the problem, which is not valuing freedom as in speech, but instead only freedom as in beer (or, in the case of a lot of software, free as in mattress).