Re:AWS forked my project and launched it as its own service
by janOsch on Friday October 16, 2020 @09:26AM
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In my mind there are two aspects on the matter:
License - what AWS did is "legal", most commercial software is built on top of OSS.
Decency - what AWS did was mean. They should at least acknowledge the author.
Worst possible outcome of this thread: the community will become scared of big corporations stealing their hard work - this will stifle OSS creativity.
License - what AWS did is "legal", most commercial software is built on top of OSS.
Decency - what AWS did was mean. They should at least acknowledge the author.
Worst possible outcome of this thread: the community will become scared of big corporations stealing their hard work - this will stifle OSS creativity.