Re:Why we’re changing to the AGPL license
by Aeolun on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @09:10AM
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They’re evil?
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Microsoft was evil. A pile of GPL code winning was part of what made them stop being evil. Shipping code under Google banned licenses can be thought of as either:
1) Excluding Googlers, which isn't very nice.
2) Applying pressure to de-evil Google, which is very nice and benefits everyone.
I'd like to have a non-evil Google again. I really miss the old non-evil, brilliant Google. Organizations change.
Re:Why we’re changing to the AGPL license
by adambyrtek on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @10:25AM
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What about 3) don't care about Google? Do I really have to consider every big company when choosing a licence for my own personal project?
Re:Why we’re changing to the AGPL license
by marcinzm on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @09:35AM
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No, Google employees as a whole are not evil. I feel that in 2020 we should all be aware of how bad judging whole groups for the actions of a minority are.
Re:Why we’re changing to the AGPL license
by Aeolun on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @05:55PM
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Google as an organisation is evil. I don’t care about their employees by virtue of that, even though they may be individually good people.
Let’s have them do work as individuals instead of Google employees.