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Re:Getting Forked by Microsoft by hardwaresofton on Monday April 21, 2025 @09:07AM (#43751597)
> The problem is that it scares away also others. Personally I avoid such projects for any purpose, they simply don't exist for me.

I think this isn’t a problem — not everyone has to contribute to any project! People sometimes struggle with the choice between GPL and MIT for similar reasons of popularity.

People who want the widest possible usage/corporate adoption can pick licenses that reflect that and embrace the tradeoff

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Re:Getting Forked by Microsoft by layer8 on Monday April 21, 2025 @09:50AM (#43752002)
> People who want the widest possible usage/corporate adoption can pick licenses that reflect that and embrace the tradeoff

This subthread started with the implication that people shouldn't be doing that. But you are right, that's exactly what most are doing.

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