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0 pointsceejayoz15d 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.

ceejayozOP15d ago

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

chii15d ago

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

ceejayozOP15d ago

That’s what they eventually did, yes.

But it’s ok to be voluntarily grateful for hard work.

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.

ceejayozOP15d ago

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

chii15d ago

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

ceejayozOP15d ago

That’s what they eventually did, yes.

But it’s ok to be voluntarily grateful for hard work.

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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