Re:Element raises $30M to boost Matrix
by skinkestek on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @11:19AM
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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.
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.