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Re:HashiCorp Adopts Business Source License by JimDabell on Friday August 11, 2023 @04:37AM (#37086422)
Even GNU projects ask people to sign a CLA.
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Re:HashiCorp Adopts Business Source License by teddyh on Friday August 11, 2023 @06:32AM (#37087097)
GNU projects assign the FSF as the copyright holder. The FSF is inherently trustworthy.
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Re:HashiCorp Adopts Business Source License by elderbarry on Saturday August 12, 2023 @03:14AM (#37097830)
One day someone untrustworthy will be in charge of the FSF, and ‘or later’ is suddenly going to be #awkward. Linus made the right call there, for sure.
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Re:HashiCorp Adopts Business Source License by teddyh on Saturday August 12, 2023 @01:07PM (#37102164)
The FSF is not an autocratic kingdom with a despotic ruler on top. It is a 501(c)(3) foundation, with bylaws and regulations to cover this eventuality.

This was all hashed out years ago in numerous flame wars on Usenet, as I’m sure you know.

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Re:HashiCorp Adopts Business Source License by pxc on Friday August 11, 2023 @01:14PM (#37091147)
Assigning copyright to something like the FSF or the Free Qt Foundation is not at all like assigning copyright to Hashicorp or Microsoft or Oracle.
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