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Re:We Picked AGPL by mrwyz on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @01:50PM (#41248705)
MIT/BSD and similar ones.
Re:We Picked AGPL by baggy_trough on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @01:50PM (#41248712)
I don't know what you mean.
Re:We Picked AGPL by mrwyz on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @01:52PM (#41248727)
BSD/MIT allows you to take code without any obligation to contribute back.
Re:We Picked AGPL by baggy_trough on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @01:55PM (#41248760)
Using code that is freely given is not in any sense stealing.
Re:We Picked AGPL by mrwyz on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @02:03PM (#41248841)
Only if you think taking the work of others and profiting from it without contributing anything back is fine.
Re:We Picked AGPL by g15jv2dp on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @02:33PM (#41249123)
The people who did the work obviously think it's fine, otherwise they wouldn't have licensed it under such a permissive licence.
Re:We Picked AGPL by mrwyz on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @02:56PM (#41249339)
Certainly. MIT/BSD more or less says: steal away (but retain this license notice). In some cases that's desirable.
Re:We Picked AGPL by baggy_trough on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @03:24PM (#41249606)
Is it stealing if somebody gives you a present and you accept it?
Re:We Picked AGPL by bigstrat2003 on Thursday August 15, 2024 @06:26PM (#41261125)
I am not going to debate whether it's "fine", but it's certainly not stealing. If I make someone a beautiful necklace and they sell it in an auction, I might wish they hadn't done that with my gift - but they haven't stolen anything either.