The Nintendo Switch uses my open source code

Re:The Nintendo Switch uses my open source code by phkahler on Monday November 23, 2020 @09:53PM (#25194772)

>> I'm not sure when the mentality of "the little guys can use my code but companies better pay me" crept into common discussion around open source, but it's never worked that way.

Yeah that's weird. I think it's partly people realizing the difference between MIT/BSD and GPL (or even AGPL) licenses. Or the diff between some ideal "how open source works" and what the licenses actually say.

This is a good thing. People may realise that the choice of license actually matters.

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Re:The Nintendo Switch uses my open source code by pabs3 on Monday November 23, 2020 @10:56PM (#25195130)

The GPL and AGPL still allow for monetisation of open source without contributing back financially to the project. Most of the recent complaints seem to be about contributing back money rather than contributing back code.

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