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I would like to point out to anyone else perusing these comments the issue a lot of people are raising in the comments can be summed up in the two responses to the parent:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25782849

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25784581

The ambiguity is the problem. Yes, the FAQ/A Developer/A Company has said they really mean (A), but the license text, which is the legally binding part, is ambiguous. Even if a judge supports the freest reading of the license, you have to go through the time and resources to get in front of a judge.

For FOSS, this means the majority of projects that run on a scattering of donations + developer free time are dead in the water the first time someone tries to hit them with a Cease and Desist or similar.




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