Karl Auerbach on Nostr: npub15zu89…3s7lx Uh, if "open source" demands payments (or tries to induce payments ...
npub15zu89j2k6sja8qgcs5qdu2pfra5kemhlgeern2cpcw2svkuvkudqu3s7lx (npub15zu…s7lx) Uh, if "open source" demands payments (or tries to induce payments via what is perhaps dangerously close defamatory statements) then it is not really "open" or "free" source any more. Rather it is proprietary source subject to a pay-and-obey license.
(Our own company makes sporadic contributions to some of the open source groups and service operators.)
Such coerced payments could radically change legal context of open source licenses and increase the liability of the providers.
Published at
2024-10-25 18:20:47Event JSON
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