Re:The Commons Clause is an existential threat to open source
by sqs on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @04:56PM
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There are 2 separate issues here:
1. The existence of the Commons Clause.
2. The application of the Commons Clause to software that previously was not subject to it.
To the original author: How would your view be different if a company released a new product or module that was Commons Clause-licensed from day 1? Would that still be a threat to open source? (What if the alternative to it being Commons Clause-licensed was that it wouldn't exist at all?)
1. The existence of the Commons Clause. 2. The application of the Commons Clause to software that previously was not subject to it.
To the original author: How would your view be different if a company released a new product or module that was Commons Clause-licensed from day 1? Would that still be a threat to open source? (What if the alternative to it being Commons Clause-licensed was that it wouldn't exist at all?)