2026-09-07 19:25 UTC
They are even allowed to modify it, even make derivative work, without open sourcing it, as long as they don’t distribute said derivative work.
i am not a lawyer, but isn’t that similar to gpl?
also, why should the company’s profit go to a developer they don’t employ?
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@laurelraven@lemmy.zip 2026-09-07 22:42
And who literally gave the work away without asking for payment, for anyone to use freely? Like, do we want free software or not? We can’t have it both ways
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@cyclohexane@lemmy.ml 2026-09-08 08:15
isn’t that similar to gpl? That is correct. GPL has the same problem. why should the company’s profit go to a developer they don’t employ? I dont agree with the idea that paying non-employees is a foreign concept. Many companies pay, for example, Adobe for Adobe suite software, or Google for Google suite software, despite not hiring them as employees. They pay rent to property owners despite not hiring them as employees. The idea that only employees must be paid is unfounded.