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minus-squarelogging_strict@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoFrom a corps POV, FOSS is free as in let 'em starve, not as in funding Am i wrong?
minus-squareRogue@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoIndeed, that’s why I use the AGPL license. Corporations hate it because it forces them to give back.
minus-squarelogging_strict@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoit's free as in go pound sand if you aren't going to fund maintainers it doesn’t force them to do anything until devs refuse to work for any company that doesn’t. i’m with you on agplv3+. The copyright recognition document comes before the resume.
From a corps POV,
FOSS is free as in let 'em starve, not as in funding
Am i wrong?
Indeed, that’s why I use the AGPL license. Corporations hate it because it forces them to give back.
it's free as in go pound sand if you aren't going to fund maintainers
it doesn’t force them to do anything until devs refuse to work for any company that doesn’t.
i’m with you on agplv3+. The copyright recognition document comes before the resume.