Amicese@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-23 years agoWhy haven't corporations bribed their way through copyleft (licenses) yet?message-squaremessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up19arrow-down1message-squareWhy haven't corporations bribed their way through copyleft (licenses) yet?Amicese@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-23 years agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresoutherntofu@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 years agoYes and no. On a raw principle, yes. But what are the practical consequences of non-copyleft licenses? It’s just more corporate exploitation of volunteer maintainers, as we see in the open-source ecosystem.
Yes and no. On a raw principle, yes. But what are the practical consequences of non-copyleft licenses? It’s just more corporate exploitation of volunteer maintainers, as we see in the open-source ecosystem.