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Re:“I wish I could have licensed the Id source code releases... by trasz on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @02:53AM (#27758154)
They can’t make it proprietary, because the developers would then go with the open fork. In this case GPL protects you from a scenario which cannot happen for other reasons.
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Re:“I wish I could have licensed the Id source code releases... by CorrectHorseBat on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @03:49AM (#27758491)
But the improvements they make wouldn't be open source so the open source version would lack those features, which means we would be stuck having to choose between an outdated Audacity and a non-free Audacity.
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Re:“I wish I could have licensed the Id source code releases... by trasz on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @04:28AM (#27758735)
Open Source developers would develop closed version instead of the open one? How?
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Re:“I wish I could have licensed the Id source code releases... by CorrectHorseBat on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @05:13AM (#27759043)
Muse Group bought Audacity and are developing it now, their developers will use whatever license their employer tells them to use. They are the main developers of Audacity now. Any fork will have to compete with their work.
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