Re:Octotree – Proprietary Firefox extension contains AGPL-li...
by kemitchell on Sunday November 01, 2020 @05:15PM
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There is no canonical set of purposes behind any license, copyleft or permissive. The license drafter had their own goals in mind, but their terms get repurposed by others.
Even very popular permissive licenses have been written with contribution front-and-center in mind. See, for example, the contribution-related terms of Apache 2. The definition of contribution. The built-in CLA. The compromise on scope of the patent grant.
Even very popular permissive licenses have been written with contribution front-and-center in mind. See, for example, the contribution-related terms of Apache 2. The definition of contribution. The built-in CLA. The compromise on scope of the patent grant.