[DiscordArchive] Licensing...like some requirement to open source everything or does it get weirder?
[DiscordArchive] Licensing...like some requirement to open source everything or does it get weirder?
Archived author: Deleted User • Posted: 2024-05-08T03:09:46.752000+00:00
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But for new files? Can’t undo that. Not without the specific contributor.
Archived author: Deleted User • Posted: 2024-05-08T03:10:12.715000+00:00
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So like it or not. Chunks of AC now and still do have the cancer of AGPL.
Archived author: Bench • Posted: 2024-05-08T03:10:31.421000+00:00
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Which according to the FSF is its own can of worms
Archived author: Rymercyble • Posted: 2024-05-08T03:10:58.268000+00:00
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and what did i say ?
> inform all AC contributors that this is how it was and ask them if they want their code to be removed
Archived author: Deleted User • Posted: 2024-05-08T03:11:12.320000+00:00
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And that’s not possible at their scale.
Archived author: Rymercyble • Posted: 2024-05-08T03:11:18.159000+00:00
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im not saying its practically possible im saying thats how u do it
Archived author: Deleted User • Posted: 2024-05-08T03:11:44.208000+00:00
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Yes it’s theoretically possible and they’d have to. But they’ve chosen not to and just accepted it’s cursed by AGPL.
Archived author: Deleted User • Posted: 2024-05-08T03:12:07.474000+00:00
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So the end result is still the same.
Archived author: Bench • Posted: 2024-05-08T03:12:42.430000+00:00
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The end result isn't quite the same, at least people would see an attempt being made to remedy the situation if they tried to get consent for relicensing
Archived author: Rymercyble • Posted: 2024-05-08T03:12:45.046000+00:00
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i would like to add something to think about...if they already did it once (invalid license change) why not do it again ? especially when this time it would fix that original issue