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Re:Show HN: Alacritty, a GPU-accelerated terminal emulator w... by kevin_thibedeau on Friday January 06, 2017 @06:57PM (#13341453)
You can still make modifications so long as it isn't distributed outside the company.
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Re:Show HN: Alacritty, a GPU-accelerated terminal emulator w... by millstone on Saturday January 07, 2017 @01:22AM (#13342657)
The problem is that "outside of the company" can be murky. What if the company outsources? What if the company hires contractors? What if the company employs an intern - does the intern now have the right to distribute the software?

These are the legal landmines that BigCos want to avoid, mainly because they're questions that have not really been decided.

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Re:Show HN: Alacritty, a GPU-accelerated terminal emulator w... by alexnewman on Saturday January 07, 2017 @10:08PM (#13348023)
It is not as murky as you think. Are you referring to any particular precedent?
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Re:Show HN: Alacritty, a GPU-accelerated terminal emulator w... by webmaven on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @04:10PM (#13377506)
There are pretty simple As to these Q's. c
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