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Re:Commons Clause by krn on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @02:27AM (#17816763)
I think, BSD / MIT / Apache should be used for open source libraries, and MPL / GPL / AGPL for open source products. This way, a developer can build a new product using open source libraries without sharing its source code, but he cannot repackage an existing open source product without sharing its modifications.
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Re:Commons Clause by cbsmith on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @02:53AM (#17816855)
It's like everyone forgot about the LGPL and the guidelines about its use vs. GPL.
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Re:Commons Clause by Boulth on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @03:12AM (#17816935)
Excellent suggestion, and with GPL for distributed products (installers, apks) and AGPL for cloud services.
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Re:Commons Clause by ginko on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @04:38AM (#17817260)
Yes, this is usually how I handled it in my (very few) OSS projects.
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