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Re:MongoDB switches up its open source license by setgree on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @12:22PM (#18230630)
> I feel like many people deciding to use an open source license for their project never consider the consequences of such choice

I might say instead that the norms of open source software development -- attribution, collaboration, good faith -- are so baked in to small, high-trust communities that they might seem as though they'll be obvious to everyone. And then your software makes it way to the public and you realize that those were just assumptions and not written into the letter of agreement at any point.

I'm speaking as an outside observer on this.

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Re:MongoDB switches up its open source license by CydeWeys on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @12:56PM (#18230965)
The APGL exists for a reason. If that's the kind of development model you want, but then you instead pick a super permissive license like BSD/MIT, then that's on you.

And I say this as someone who has released all of his software within the past decade using either GPLv3 or APGL, for exactly this reason.

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