The Commons Clause is an existential threat to open source

Re:The Commons Clause is an existential threat to open source by sonnyblarney on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @10:24AM (#17818869)

I don't agree that it's an ideological argument at all, I see it as a pragmatic perspective on what will 'actually happen' given the arguably 'ideological' stance of this new kind of license.

The license are short and powerful ant try to 'make a statement' themselves ... in reality, the resulting behaviour of the community is another thing altogether.

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Re:The Commons Clause is an existential threat to open source by vinceguidry on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @10:31AM (#17818926)

The pragmatic perspective is the one given by the supporters of the Commons Clause. The ideological one is the one given by the Free Software advocates who have longer memories and thus know where this leads.

I personally support the ideological position, I just don't think this is the right way to make that argument.

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Re:The Commons Clause is an existential threat to open source by sonnyblarney on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @10:37AM (#17818980)

There is nothing pragmatic about the CC because it will wield all sorts of problems, most of them unanticipated and unexpected, and may very well 'do the opposite' of intended. That's not 'pragmatic'.

'Pragmatic' is recognizing that maybe what we have today is kind of crap and not perfect, but it's much better than some new pipe-dream of a clause.

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