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The difference with the ASF/FSF is that they are non-profits with a mission statement (and, if we don't trust that enough--due to OpenAI, as I don't entirely un
by saurik 2y ago
The difference with the ASF/FSF is that they are non-profits with a mission statement (and, if we don't trust that enough--due to OpenAI, as I don't entirely understand what happened there--with clearly-mission-aligned board leadership) that prevent them from pulling the rug out from under their license. (...and, right as I pushed this comment, I see that someone else looked into it, and maybe the ASF fails to have such a clause anywhere ;P but hopefully it is there and just a bit hidden.)
- cortesoft 2y agoSure, but that contradicts the statement made in the comment they are replying to: > anytime you see a CLA, you see the true intentions of the project. A project that will always be FOSS won't have a need for a CLA. If there are conditions to the statement, it isn't "anytime you see a CLA".
- saurik 2y agoSure, but now we would need to find another epicycle for why giving a for-profit corporation this dangerous power over its licensees is safe/benign. There is, at times, some logic to "the exception that proves the rule".