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Re:FerretDB, a truly open-source MongoDB alternative by that_guy_iain on Thursday April 13, 2023 @02:56PM (#35560361)
> As noted in another thread, that's not only beyond the scope of the software itself – it is beyond the scope you _can_ relicense and arguably beyond the scope of the copyright terms themselves.

This is not true. People who are saying this would have said this about GPL when it first came out.

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Re:FerretDB, a truly open-source MongoDB alternative by aleksi on Thursday April 13, 2023 @04:08PM (#35561401)
GPL applies to a single program: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-10/msg00...
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Re:FerretDB, a truly open-source MongoDB alternative by that_guy_iain on Sunday April 16, 2023 @05:27AM (#35588487)
Because the nature of software development and usage has changed massively since GPL was created. If GPL was created today it would most likely be like SSPL. The fact, GPL states "derivative work" must be released under a similar license shows to me that their intent was if you build anything where this is the core you must share that.
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