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Re:NPM Bans Terminal Ads by wfdctrl on Friday August 30, 2019 @11:35AM (#20839599)
What about a completely pointless "support the project" license? So you basically chip in for the maintenance, but don't get any additional rights?
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Re:NPM Bans Terminal Ads by kortilla on Friday August 30, 2019 @11:49AM (#20839714)
Doesn’t make it past accounting.
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Re:NPM Bans Terminal Ads by rwallace on Friday August 30, 2019 @12:29PM (#20840102)
What if it's a support contract that entitles you to a response to support requests on the basis of 'in less than twenty-four hours' as opposed to the usual 'I might respond on a best effort basis if I have time, but no promises'? Would that make it past accounting?
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Re:NPM Bans Terminal Ads by Macha on Friday August 30, 2019 @02:02PM (#20840954)
Yes, but:

1. Do open source maintainers actually want to commit to that?

2. What if the response is "Yes, we don't support that and don't plan to?" and the company feels this doesn't qualify as enough support and causes a headache.

3. If the purchaser knows what they're getting into, what's to say their successor also does?

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