“Most proprietary relicensing businesses work as follows: a single codebase is produced by a for-profit company, which retains 100% control over all copyright in the software (either via an ©AA or a CLA). That codebase is offered as a gratis product to the marketplace, and the company invests substantial resources in marketing the software to users looking for FOSS solutions. The marketing department then engages in captious and unprincipled copyleft enforcement actions in an effort to “convert” those FOSS users into paying customers for proprietary licensing for the same codebase. (Occasionally, the company also offers additional proprietary add-ons, improvements, or security updates that are not available under the FOSS license — when used this way, the model is often specifically called “Open Core”.)”
What a drab read.
I really don’t like sfconservancy style - who even reads these bloated walls of text?
I think the biggest issue with libre culture is that it’s one of the most punk modern cultures out there but has the complete opposite representation of giant, dry walls of text with no passion, inspiration or yet, even actual content!
Haha I typically don’t like their stuff, but I saw this article on Mastodon and it resonated with me, so I posted it. I will admit that it’s definitely a dry read, but I also think it’s important. It’s good news.