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Well it's more likely than you might think over a span of a couple decades... But, I think if they were to go rogue it would be a matter of forking a GPL-licen
by bluedanieru 14y ago
Well it's more likely than you might think over a span of a couple decades...
But, I think if they were to go rogue it would be a matter of forking a GPL-licensed version of the software and continuing development on that under an open license.
- jkn 14y agoI don't think it is likely at all even in decades, and if they did they would be sued by loads of contributors for violating their binding promise to adhere with free software spirit in future licenses. You get some guarantees when you assign your copyright to the FSF. And all this is ignoring that most GNU programs are licensed under a GPL variant and any future version, so they would not need the copyright to upgrade the license anyway.
- bluedanieru 14y agoI'm not saying it's a thing that's going to happen, just that you shouldn't have some blind faith that it won't ("I trust they won't do such a thing"). I'm pretty sure RMS would agree with the sentiment.