• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    I think it’s usually for the worse, but I don’t have statistics. Do you have some examples of companies switching to a more open license?

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      7 months ago

      Microsoft has been open sourcing quite a lot recently. Does that count?

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      7 months ago

      Qt (the one used by KDE) has progressed not only through a number of owners (Trolltech, Digia, Nokia, …), but also licenses such as the QPL to be triple-licensed under GPL, LGPL, and commercial for most of its components.