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Everything filed under open source open source Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: New licences are the wrong lever for paying maintainers: copyleft’s history shows terms companies ignore, and relicensing attempts get beaten back by their own communities. New licences are the wrong lever forpaying maintainers: copyleft’shistory shows terms companiesignore, and relicensing attempts getbeaten back by their own… NA Nadia Asparouhova — holds since 2019-03-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Company sponsorships, not individual ones, are where open source funding has to come from. — tap to centre the map on it Company sponsorships, notindividual ones, are whereopen source funding has tocome from. NA Nadia Asparouhova — no longer holds since 2019-05-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Maintainers of widely used open source software are not adequately funded, and that is a real and unsolved problem. — tap to centre the map on it Maintainers of widely usedopen source software are notadequately funded, and that isa real and unsolved problem. DD Drew DeVault — holds since 2018-08-22 — tap for who they are TD Thomas Depierre — holds since 2022-12-31 — tap for who they are FV Filippo Valsorda — holds since 2023-02-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Charging large companies for a licence sends them back through procurement, so they drift to a worse free alternative rather than pay. — tap to centre the map on it Charging large companies for alicence sends them backthrough procurement, so theydrift to a worse free… TD Thomas Depierre — holds since 2025-11-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: If a company wants a maintainer to work to its standards, it has to start paying them under a different licence first. — tap to centre the map on it If a company wants amaintainer to work to itsstandards, it has to startpaying them under a different… TD Thomas Depierre — holds since 2022-12-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Permissive licences are the better way to release free software and free content, because they maximise adoption. — tap to centre the map on it Permissive licences are thebetter way to release freesoftware and free content,because they maximise… VB Vitalik Buterin — no longer holds since 2025-07-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A contributor licence agreement exists so the company can relicense volunteers’ work, and should neither be signed nor asked for. — tap to centre the map on it A contributor licenceagreement exists so thecompany can relicensevolunteers’ work, and should… DD Drew DeVault — holds since 2018-08-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Veterans of the 1990s free software movement do not understand the world today’s maintainers work in, and should listen before proposing fixes for it. — tap to centre the map on it Veterans of the 1990s freesoftware movement do notunderstand the world today’smaintainers work in, and… TD Thomas Depierre — holds since 2024-04-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Copyleft licences impose obligations rather than restrictions, and it is from those obligations on the powerful that software freedom comes. — tap to centre the map on it Copyleft licences imposeobligations rather thanrestrictions, and it is fromthose obligations on the… DD Drew DeVault — holds since 2024-04-19 — tap for who they are
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At the centre New licences are the wrong lever for paying maintainers: copyleft’s history shows terms companies ignore, and relicensing attempts get beaten back by their own communities. Holds Nadia Asparouhova Read this korrent →