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Re:AWS announces forks of Elasticsearch and Kibana by eloisant on Friday January 22, 2021 @06:00AM (#25870550)
So you're looking for a license that would give you all the benefits but still encourage people to contribute - so only you get their work for free?
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Re:AWS announces forks of Elasticsearch and Kibana by hanniabu on Friday January 22, 2021 @09:01AM (#25871714)
Yes and no. I think I remember hearing about a license before that would require anybody that forks your project to create a PR for any changes they make.

While this wouldn't prevent a company from using your project, but it would at least force them to pass on any of their changes.

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Re:AWS announces forks of Elasticsearch and Kibana by jasonlotito on Friday January 22, 2021 @12:41PM (#25873988)
> While this wouldn't prevent a company from using your project...

...it would deter them, which is what your original question was asking. Preventing and deterring are two completely different things.

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