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Re:We're switching to a DCO for source code contributions by opportune on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @06:13PM (#15605972)
Exactly, you choose the MIT license over the GPL because you are explicitly ok with this scenario. It's like the entire point.
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Re:We're switching to a DCO for source code contributions by jordigh on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @06:16PM (#15605995)
You can sell GPLed software too. Allowing commercial use is part of the definition of free software and open source. People sell phones with Android in them; Red Hat sells lots more.
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Re:We're switching to a DCO for source code contributions by opportune on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @06:22PM (#15606040)
True, not sure why but I guess I thought it was implied that the "malicious maintainer" would take the software closed course.
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Re:We're switching to a DCO for source code contributions by mcguire on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @09:02PM (#15606983)
... which is explicitly okey-dokey with the MIT license, but not the GPL.
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