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Re: I changed my license

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I don't like the phrasing of the EUPL because it says you have rights full stop and then in a later section it says there are actually conditions. For that reason I would not immediately be sure the conditions are even enforceable, other than "this was surely made by lawyers and therefore also surely valid".

Aside from that, it is nice to see Communication counted alongside Distribution; this should have been done from the start IMO.

Re: I changed my license

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I don't like the phrasing of the EUPL because it says you have rights full stop and then in a later section it says there are actually conditions. For that reason I would not immediately be sure the conditions are even enforceable, other than "this was surely made by lawyers and therefore also surely valid". Aside from that, it is nice to see Communication counted alongside Distribution; this should have been done fr…

> I don't like the phrasing of the EUPL because it says you have rights full stop and then in a later section it says there are actually conditions. For that reason I would not immediately be sure the conditions are even enforceable.

Full right to use no conditions ≠ full right on what you can do with the code

Re: I changed my license

#6
For FOSS I personally prefer Apache 2.0 license, as 10 years from now I have no idea what people will need for their projects.

Personally, it makes me happy if people can make a business using a bit of my work. Just don't redirect commercial support tickets onto community projects, or get neglected customers to contact authors.

The way I see it... is symbiotic commercial relationships are important, as people can get their time sponsored to work on FOSS code. Also, having community projects form reliable long term infrastructure opens additional opportunity for people to work with FOSS options.

Telling people how they should have fun is always lame... whether it is Sony/Microsoft... or just some disillusioned dude convinced their work won't be obfuscated by an LLM in 30 seconds. =3

Re: I changed my license

#7
This article would do better if it simply enumerated the problems with the LGPL and addressed how this new license which I've never heard of addresses those problems. This hinting and alluding might make great SEO, but that's fit for neither the audience of people producing software, nor for HN.

Re: I changed my license

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This article would do better if it simply enumerated the problems with the LGPL and addressed how this new license which I've never heard of addresses those problems. This hinting and alluding might make great SEO, but that's fit for neither the audience of people producing software, nor for HN.

Here's the license text if someone wants to do the work: https://spdx.org/licenses/EUPL-1.2.html#licenseText

Re: I changed my license

#9

Do these types of things really matter anymore? If you have tokens, given the source is available pretty easy to reimplement with plausible deniability.

As much as I dislike isomorphic plagiarism, your point is very valid...

It is a viable argument, and people shouldn't bury such insights given the estimated $9Tn worth of opensource work that was appropriated. =3

Re: I changed my license

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Do these types of things really matter anymore? If you have tokens, given the source is available pretty easy to reimplement with plausible deniability.

I think there's been a mistake in the thinking that restricting the licensing on open source projects will make the companies that use them as a service would make them contribute.

They don't, the companies just replace the software in question.

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