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> Personally, I think putting an interoperability protocol implementation behind a copyleft license is a little unfortunate! Huh, haven't thought of it. Just r
by pzmarzly 1mo ago
> Personally, I think putting an interoperability protocol implementation behind a copyleft license is a little unfortunate!
Huh, haven't thought of it. Just relicensed ancs4linux to MIT.
- kees99 1mo agoIsn't this[0] the use-case that is supposedly covered by LGPL? [0] copyleft-licensed library that could be legally linked into non-copyleft code base.
- LinuxIsntVeryGo 1mo ago[flagged]
- b40d-48b2-979e 1mo agoThose poor multi-trillion dollar companies that can't use copyleft projects, whatever will they do?
- voakbasda 1mo agoI love HN. Read an article that raises a reasonable point about a project’s license, and that project’s author shows up to announce they were convinced and changed the license accordingly. Repo was updated 5 minutes ago. It’s things like this that give me hope for the world.
- stackghost 1mo agoNot to be Debbie Downer but software licensing has no effect on what matters to billions of people. We are facing very real global and societal issues that people on this site are actively exacerbating, like disinformation and climate change. If a dude changing an inconsequential text file on GitHub gives you hope for the world, then please broaden your perspective.
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- kaonwarb 1mo agoMaking one small corner of the world a little bit better is a good thing. There's not much use in complaining that it's not as big of an impact as could hypothetically be achieved on some larger issues.
- stackghost 1mo agoIt's things like this that rob my of my hope for the world.
- chermi 1mo agoLol. Someone liking this change is stupid for letting it lift their outlook, right? How stupid is it then to let this comment rob your hope.
- Barbing 1mo ago:) Alternative reply to lighten mood in odd thread: Not to be Debbie Downer but making one small corner of the world a little bit better has no effect on what matters to billions of people. We are facing very real global and societal issues that people are actively exacerbating. If a dude explaining that there’s not much use in complaining robs you of hope for the world, then please broaden your perspective.
- LeFantome 1mo agoThank you!
- Luker88 1mo agoYou might want to check again for something that has patent protection. apache2+llvm exception, or just the mozilla public license... EUPL is also basically GPL without being viral, too.
- zackb 1mo agoThank you for all the hard work and inspiration.
- nvr219 1mo agoHero
- huimang 1mo agoPlease consider using the LGPL instead.