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They both sell it for profit, but Amazon doesn’t contribute changes upstream, so the public + rest of the industry won’t benefit from their work. It’s not an eq
by gcr 5mo ago
They both sell it for profit, but Amazon doesn’t contribute changes upstream, so the public + rest of the industry won’t benefit from their work. It’s not an equivalence.
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- dmantis 5mo ago> Amazon doesn’t contribute changes upstream Are you sure that's the case with AGPL? Cause they can sue them and enforce the contribution. I doubt that's the case. And those who went with MIT/BSD openly allow distribution without contribution.
- gcr 5mo agoIn the USA, small companies don’t generally have the resources to take large companies to court, even if they’re in the right.
- kortilla 5mo agoMany companies build on top of open source to make money and don’t contribute back. That’s not the problem.