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[-] [email protected] 61 points 2 years ago

And yet it is still a prevalent idea in FOSS that open sourcing without restrictions on corporate use will karma back to you positively somehow.

Non-corporate FOSS should be way more popular.

[-] [email protected] 28 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's not corporate FOSS that's the problem here, it's the BSD license. If BSD had a stronger license, Apple would be forced to give more back.

[-] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I agree it's the BSD license. That's what I mean. It's a license that places no restriction on corporate use without contribution.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

The BSD argument (that I don't necessarily agree with) is that a less permissive license would encourage companies to use a different solution or build their own. I suppose this at least guarantees them a few $1000 a year depending on apple employee donations.

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