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Re:Element raises $30M to boost Matrix by goodpoint on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @07:22AM (#27971098)
No. Like BSD and MIT it cannot protect from prorietization, tivoization and SaaS. You need GPLv3 or AGPL for that.
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Re:Element raises $30M to boost Matrix by skinkestek on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @11:19AM (#27973489)
It is a bit more nuanced than that:

The way you wrote it makes it sound like someone can make the project proprietary over night.

They cannot and I wish GPL people would stop pretending.

Whoever has a copy of the repo or even a snapshot of the source can continue using and developing it under the original license.

What one, strong contributor can do is make a proprietary fork and stop contributing towards the original open source one, possibly dumping prices and thereby starving the original project of code and donations.

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Re:Element raises $30M to boost Matrix by whimsicalism on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @10:45AM (#27973080)
Gplv3 doesn't protect against saas
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Re:Element raises $30M to boost Matrix by goodpoint on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @11:09AM (#27973366)
That's why I wrote AGPL in the sentence.
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Re:Element raises $30M to boost Matrix by whimsicalism on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @11:13AM (#27973414)
Yes, but your sentence suggests either of those would be protective against all of the former.
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