RobotToaster@mander.xyz to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 3 months agoThis AI Startup "Copied" an Open-Source Project and Got Half a Million Dollar Funding by Y Combinatornews.itsfoss.comexternal-linkmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1499arrow-down12
arrow-up1497arrow-down1external-linkThis AI Startup "Copied" an Open-Source Project and Got Half a Million Dollar Funding by Y Combinatornews.itsfoss.comRobotToaster@mander.xyz to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 3 months agomessage-square76fedilink
minus-squarenek0d3r@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 months agoExcept this isn’t money going to a FOSS project, it’s money to some guys whose only keyboard is StackOverflow’s The Key.
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoIf its forked from a Foss project then its necessarily a Foss project. That’s why we use Foss licenses.
minus-squarenek0d3r@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoRight, exactly, which is why they launched with a FOSS license. Oh, wait– Imagine the money going to VSCode which actually is the one getting contributions
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·3 months agoIf you’re upset, just ask them for the source. If they don’t respond, sue. In any case, we’re all going to get the source and we’ll all benefit from this.
minus-squarenek0d3r@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoThe source is literally just VSCode with a different label. What benefit does that have?
minus-squarealt_xa_23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 months agoVscode is released under a MIT license and the Continue extension is released under Apache. Neither is copyleft, so the forked codebase doesn’t need to be open source
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoAh you’re right. Blame Vscode for using MIT. Maybe now is a good time to tell them to change it to GPL, so this can’t happen again.
Except this isn’t money going to a FOSS project, it’s money to some guys whose only keyboard is StackOverflow’s The Key.
If its forked from a Foss project then its necessarily a Foss project. That’s why we use Foss licenses.
Right, exactly, which is why they launched with a FOSS license. Oh, wait–
Imagine the money going to VSCode which actually is the one getting contributions
If you’re upset, just ask them for the source. If they don’t respond, sue.
In any case, we’re all going to get the source and we’ll all benefit from this.
The source is literally just VSCode with a different label. What benefit does that have?
Vscode is released under a MIT license and the Continue extension is released under Apache. Neither is copyleft, so the forked codebase doesn’t need to be open source
Ah you’re right. Blame Vscode for using MIT. Maybe now is a good time to tell them to change it to GPL, so this can’t happen again.