Ariadne Conill 🐰 on Nostr: i’m all for funding open source, but when you change the license on a project to ...
i’m all for funding open source, but when you change the license on a project to one which is not an open source license, then funding that project is no longer an activity that can be described as “funding open source.”
don’t fall for it — if it’s not an OSI-approved license, it’s not really open source. and this is an important distinction!
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