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Re:Why Open Source? by benatkin on Monday August 21, 2023 @05:22PM (#37215543)
That's kind of like saying "I have a fork of bash that you may be interested in". It fails the familiarity test, and that's really important.
Re:Why Open Source? by candiddevmike on Monday August 21, 2023 @05:24PM (#37215560)
Does that really matter in the context of a license though? The terms are the terms, if folks don't agree with the terms they can negotiate different ones or not use it.
Re:Why Open Source? by benatkin on Monday August 21, 2023 @06:19PM (#37216116)
There isn't a lot of people thinking, gee, I want an unfamiliar license, so you're going out on a limb by showing someone a new one. Just like if you made a fork of bash with some new feature and were like, "here, use this".
Re:Why Open Source? by hiatus on Monday August 21, 2023 @07:49PM (#37216826)
If you want your software to be used, yes it matters very much.
Re:Why Open Source? by bcx5k15 on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @11:16AM (#37223952)
matters a lot, most orgs have a whitelist of permitted licences, and if some software you want to use isn't on it you have to jump through loads and loads of hoops, so much its usually not worth it.