RobotToaster@mander.xyz to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 14 hours agoThis AI Startup "Copied" an Open-Source Project and Got Half a Million Dollar Funding by Y Combinatornews.itsfoss.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1317arrow-down10
arrow-up1317arrow-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 · 14 hours agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-squarenek0d3r@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 hours 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-up2·3 hours agoIf its forked from a Foss project then its necessarily a Foss project. That’s why we use Foss licenses.
minus-squarenek0d3r@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 hours 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-up1·2 hours 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-up1·2 hours agoThe source is literally just VSCode with a different label. What benefit does that have?
minus-squarealt_xa_23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours 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
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