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What is a "pushover" license?
by tingletech 11mo ago
What is a "pushover" license?
- WD-42 11mo agoIt’s a play on “permissive” license.
- nmz 11mo agoA derogatory term for copyfree licenses
- SAI_Peregrinus 11mo agoPermissive license + complaining when companies don't contribute back from their forks.
- cryptonector 11mo agoI've worked on plenty of BSD and MIT licensed code. I've never complained about lack of contribution. You're projecting. Please stop.
- SAI_Peregrinus 11mo agoI'm not the person who used the term "pushover license". I just explained why some people use the term.
- tingletech 11mo agoDo rust projects have a reputation for complaining about corporate forks not contributing back code?
- SAI_Peregrinus 11mo agoNot in particular, but it's pretty common for permissively licensed projects to complain about companies complying with their license instead of what they imagine the license to be, then relicensing to a proprietary or copyleft license (e.g. Elasticsearch for a high-profile case but there are many others). This lead to some people disliking permissive licenses. Personally I dislike them because they don't preserve end-user freedom, I prefer the MPL. But if someone wants to donate their work to for-profit companies that's their choice.
- F3nd0 11mo ago'Pushover licence' is a licence which may grant freedom, but doesn't care to protect it. One may modify software under a pushover licence and release their modifications as non-free software. Another, more common name is 'permissive licence'.