Date: prev next · Thread: first prev next last
2011 Archives by date, by thread · List index



Greg Stein wrote:

 how can you say that Apache
"removes rights from people's contributions"? As a developer, you
still own your code. You can do whatever you like with it. Apache
doesn't take anything from You.


Easy. Even a non-developer like myself can see that :) 

Compared to GPL (which is what Apache is asking developers to give up on) it
removes the right to be given back any improvement or fix to the code you
contributed.

Since many people are doing this pro bono, I think that it is fair that at
least they retain the right to have access to any fix or improvement to
their code.

Under the Apache license any company can take your code, fix it and say:
"Hey, this function in the open source version doesn't work. I just spend a
day fixing it (instead of  months to write it from scratch). Why don't you
buy mine which works?"

--
View this message in context: 
http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Re-Libreoffice-Proposal-to-join-Apache-OpenOffice-tp3043423p3071042.html
Sent from the Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

-- 
Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+help@documentfoundation.org
Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette
List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/
All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted

Context


Privacy Policy | Impressum (Legal Info) | Copyright information: Unless otherwise specified, all text and images on this website are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License. This does not include the source code of LibreOffice, which is licensed under the Mozilla Public License (MPLv2). "LibreOffice" and "The Document Foundation" are registered trademarks of their corresponding registered owners or are in actual use as trademarks in one or more countries. Their respective logos and icons are also subject to international copyright laws. Use thereof is explained in our trademark policy.