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This is better than blanket liability for unpaid maintainers, but it's unclear how it relates to OSS activities not "on the market" per se but nonetheless conne
by woodruffw 2y ago
This is better than blanket liability for unpaid maintainers, but it's unclear how it relates to OSS activities not "on the market" per se but nonetheless connected to the larger software market.
Two examples come to mind: donations to OSS maintainers, and OSS maintainers who provide consulting services instead of selling software. The former is arguably covered by donations not being "sales," but some projects/groups do provide invoices (with no particular obligations) to make donations fit into the sale-shaped financial slot that most companies understand.
- Y_Y 2y agoIf you got the software itself without paying, then you aren't really paying for the software. If you buy consulting or warm fuzzies later then that's something different.
- woodruffw 2y ago> If you buy consulting or warm fuzzies later then that's something different. I happen to agree, but the law itself doesn't make that clear. That's what matters.