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> They're not in open source as a cooperative venture, they are using it to make money > Existing open source licenses, practices, and culture don't draw this
by karmakaze 1y ago
> They're not in open source as a cooperative venture, they are using it to make money
> Existing open source licenses, practices, and culture don't draw this distinction
I disagree for the most part. Corporations avoid copyleft licenses like the plague. It's the term open-source that includes 'free beer' licensed software that created this confusion.
- MichaelZuo 1y agoIt does seem like a strange claim to make…
- NoGravitas 1y agoLots of companies will draw the line in different places. Some will accept GPLv2 but not GPLv3. Some will accept GPLv3 but not AGPLv3.
- burnt-resistor 1y agoGoogle and Meta have policies against using any AGPL code anywhere.
- pabs3 1y agoI wonder why, it is not like it is hard to comply with.
- burnt-resistor 1y agoLegal absolutism and intransigency, and maybe some ideological retribution. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I paid my dues in MAANG. Business culturally, control seemed all-important. They seemed to want source they could use without giving a dime to maintainers, if they so chose. Some support was given, but not enough and not uniformly.