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minus-squaresudo_halt@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoYou should still be able to fork, right? Under a non copyrighted name (see: firefox to icecat)
minus-squareLeFantome@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoYes. There are two downsides if Microsoft takes it proprietary again in the future. we would have to fork it and maintain the fork. Honestly, what kind of “community” are we if this is what we are complaining about? Microsoft could include out contributions in their future commercial product. Again, Microsoft cannot take away access to our own code. They just get to use it. That “freedom” really pisses some people off.
You should still be able to fork, right? Under a non copyrighted name (see: firefox to icecat)
Yes.
There are two downsides if Microsoft takes it proprietary again in the future.
we would have to fork it and maintain the fork. Honestly, what kind of “community” are we if this is what we are complaining about?
Microsoft could include out contributions in their future commercial product.
Again, Microsoft cannot take away access to our own code. They just get to use it. That “freedom” really pisses some people off.