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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish13•3 months agoCompanies change licences, sometimes for bad, sometimes for good. Nothing new.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•3 months agoI think it’s usually for the worse, but I don’t have statistics. Do you have some examples of companies switching to a more open license?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•3 months agoMicrosoft has been open sourcing quite a lot recently. Does that count?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•3 months agoSure! I’d like to see a little more diversity than one org though…
minus-squareThomaslinkfedilinkEnglish4•3 months agoQt (the one used by KDE) has progressed not only through a number of owners (Trolltech, Digia, Nokia, …), but also licenses such as the QPL to be triple-licensed under GPL, LGPL, and commercial for most of its components.
Companies change licences, sometimes for bad, sometimes for good. Nothing new.
I think it’s usually for the worse, but I don’t have statistics. Do you have some examples of companies switching to a more open license?
Microsoft has been open sourcing quite a lot recently. Does that count?
Sure! I’d like to see a little more diversity than one org though…
Qt (the one used by KDE) has progressed not only through a number of owners (Trolltech, Digia, Nokia, …), but also licenses such as the QPL to be triple-licensed under GPL, LGPL, and commercial for most of its components.