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arrow-up1190arrow-down1external-linkCreator Of PS1 Emulator DuckStation Threatens To "Shut The Whole Thing Down" Following License Changewww.timeextension.comLalSalaamComrade to Open [email protected]English • 15 hours agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink20•13 hours agoOne thing I’m missing in all this, did the dude change the license from GPL without the other contributors express permission? That on itself would be a massive violation of the GPL
minus-square@teolanlink15•13 hours agoHe says he has had permission. Given that it’s a mostly 1 person project it’s possibly true.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink12•12 hours agoThe repo alone has 114 contributors, and that’s assuming no one copied code from any other project. It’s not that small.
minus-squarecopygirllinkfedilinkEnglish17•12 hours agoA lot of contributors of FOSS projects make small changes that aren’t copyrightable.
One thing I’m missing in all this, did the dude change the license from GPL without the other contributors express permission? That on itself would be a massive violation of the GPL
He says he has had permission. Given that it’s a mostly 1 person project it’s possibly true.
The repo alone has 114 contributors, and that’s assuming no one copied code from any other project. It’s not that small.
A lot of contributors of FOSS projects make small changes that aren’t copyrightable.