The Commons Clause is an existential threat to open source

Re:The Commons Clause is an existential threat to open source by s73v3r_ on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @12:42PM (#17819992)

Can you at least change the name, to something that's not CC? It's going to be confused with Creative Commons otherwise.

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Re:The Commons Clause is an existential threat to open source by etatoby on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @01:21PM (#17820263)

That's their purpose. This entire endeavor is quite evil IMHO.

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Re:The Commons Clause is an existential threat to open source by sebazzz on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @02:01PM (#17820551)

We haven't read anything about their intentions yet. Have they addressed this confusion?

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Re:The Commons Clause is an existential threat to open source by s73v3r_ on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @02:30PM (#17820793)

It's been asked several times to him on this topic, and quite frankly, he's had ample time to respond to someone.

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Re:The Commons Clause is an existential threat to open source by rmc on Thursday August 23, 2018 @07:40AM (#17826356)

Sometimes you can tell what someone means by what they don't say, especially if saying the thing is embarrassing/bad for them.

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Re:The Commons Clause is an existential threat to open source by michaelmrose on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @03:56PM (#17821584)

Is it possible he could be sued over trademark issues?

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