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A CLA is what legally allowed Oracle to release the once copyleft OpenSolaris under a closed source license, including code contributed outside of the previous
by soraminazuki 2y ago
A CLA is what legally allowed Oracle to release the once copyleft OpenSolaris under a closed source license, including code contributed outside of the previous owner company, Sun. CLA is a tool for companies to change the deal after the deal.
There's a famous talk about this, which resulted in many us referring to Oracle and its billionaire CEO as the "lawn mower."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zRN7XLCRhc&t=2482s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zRN7XLCRhc&t=2482s
- soraminazuki 2y agoAnd of course, someone else here already mentioned the lawn mower lol. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43755147 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43755147