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0 pointsceejayoz1h ago0 comments

The situation changed. A license that's the right choice at one point may not be the right license a decade later.

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That's fair, but forking the FOSS version is also an adequate response.

Yes. But so would financially contributing to the folks who did the work.

chiinew19m ago

If those folks wanted money for their work, they should be charging a price for it.

Agree, as long as existing contributors agree the license should be changed, projects should feel free to do so, no harm, no foul.

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That's fair, but forking the FOSS version is also an adequate response.

Yes. But so would financially contributing to the folks who did the work.

chiinew19m ago

If those folks wanted money for their work, they should be charging a price for it.

Agree, as long as existing contributors agree the license should be changed, projects should feel free to do so, no harm, no foul.

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