atmur@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210か月前Seeing big companies take advantage of BSD or MIT licensed projects without sharing their contributions will always pain me.lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1824arrow-down119
arrow-up1805arrow-down1external-linkSeeing big companies take advantage of BSD or MIT licensed projects without sharing their contributions will always pain me.lemmy.worldatmur@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210か月前message-square79fedilink
minus-squarebss03@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10か月前It’s an argument against a license that permits relicensing under a more restrictive license. (E.g. BSD)
minus-squareSuzune@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10か月前Of other software, yes. For example Linux distributions can use the BSD or MIT licensed code without any problems. But it does not allow to remove the license from the software. On the other hand GPL code cannot be imported into BSD code without introducing restrictions.
It’s an argument against a license that permits relicensing under a more restrictive license. (E.g. BSD)
Of other software, yes. For example Linux distributions can use the BSD or MIT licensed code without any problems.
But it does not allow to remove the license from the software.
On the other hand GPL code cannot be imported into BSD code without introducing restrictions.