This project is suspicious

Posted Dec 8, 2024 19:29 UTC (Sun) by Wol (subscriber, #4433)
In reply to: This project is suspicious by coriordan
Parent article: Apertis v2024 released

> They say they're removing GPLv3 as a means to solve a problem, but the problem is barely described. And when the solution is so harmful, a bit of justification should be expected.

I think the problem is extremely obvious. It's called a "lost opportunity". As in "if we don't do this we will get locked out of the market".

And while the GPL fanatics don't seem to care about whether FLOSS is actually used or not, so long as they can live in their digital cave, some of us would actually like to see FLOSS make a difference in the real world. I'm actually rather gutted that my company would rather pay for OpenQM, than use the GPL2 ScarletDME.

If I write NEW code for Scarlet, I'll almost certainly MPL it, with the *deliberate* intention that the owners of OpenQM can incorporate it. I don't particularly like the idea, but imho the alternative is worse.

Cheers,
Wol