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“Anyone opensourcing anything while in the course of ‘commercial activity’ will be fully liable. Effectively they rugpulled the Apache2 / MIT licenses... all op
by dr_dshiv 1y ago
“Anyone opensourcing anything while in the course of ‘commercial activity’ will be fully liable. Effectively they rugpulled the Apache2 / MIT licenses... all opensource released by small businesses is fucked. where the was no red tape now there is infinite liability”
This is my current understanding, from a friend not a lawyer. Would appreciate any insight from folks here.
- spiderfarmer 1y agoSo you’re willfully spreading FUD in hopes someone will enlighten you?
- dr_dshiv 1y agoThe law is real. What emotions would you suggest are appropriate?
- spiderfarmer 1y agoOpen Source is exempt, provided you don’t make a profit: https://kevinboone.me/open_source_liability.html https://kevinboone.me/open_source_liability.html
- dr_dshiv 1y agoSo it applies to anyone who figures out how to monetize open-source contributions. Seems like a major issue to me. Not exactly something that makes Europe a good place for tech.
- spiderfarmer 1y agoThe US has the reputation that rich competitors will abuse the judicial system to sue you into bankruptcy. Still, a lot of people want to start their tech startup there.