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minus-squareinterdimensionalmemelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoSo they never got contribution from anyone else or is Apache not really copyleft?
minus-squareschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.deOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoApache isn’t copyleft, not sure why you thought it was
minus-squaredavidjgraph@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 days agoIt’s always been closed to contributions.
minus-squareinterdimensionalmemelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 days agoIt was legally forkable, that’s what really matters to prevent backsliding of functionality and rent extraction from adopters.
minus-squaredavidjgraph@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 days agoIt still is legally forkable, as much as it was before the change.
So they never got contribution from anyone else or is Apache not really copyleft?
Apache isn’t copyleft, not sure why you thought it was
It’s always been closed to contributions.
It was legally forkable, that’s what really matters to prevent backsliding of functionality and rent extraction from adopters.
It still is legally forkable, as much as it was before the change.