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> Permissive licenses give mega-corps (AWS,GCP,Azure) the ability to use software projects without contributing to it. Use a copyleft license like (A)GPL then?
by cmeacham98 2y ago
> Permissive licenses give mega-corps (AWS,GCP,Azure) the ability to use software projects without contributing to it.
Use a copyleft license like (A)GPL then?
Look, if you want to license your software as "fair source" or whatever other non-free license that's your right, I just won't use your software. But don't pretend about the reasons for doing so - companies licensing their software this way are doing so to prevent competition, not because they want contributions.
- mu53 2y agoCopyleft licensing doesn't protect against cloud hosting competition. It mostly applies to modifications to the source code, but not hosting for revenue. As long as their contributions are also open source, the license is satisfied. Young companies protecting their revenue against established competitors is an entirely valid use of open source license. These licenses won't affect you unless you are an exec level employee at a unicorn