License Zero: a new "mostly open source" license that shifts the power balance toward maintainers so we can get paid https://writing.kemitchell.com/2017/09/12/The-License-Zero-Manifesto.html …
L0 isn't close to what many people think open source is. Call it "source available" if you need a description.
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I agree with your tweet. But I don't think copyleft software, or even permissive-licensed software with attribution conditions, is close to what many ill-informed people think "open source" means, either.
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I don't think copyleft is functional OSS. I wrote this years ago on the topic of copyleft (it's applicable):https://www.google.com/amp/yehudakatz.com/2010/01/05/the-maximal-usage-doctrine-for-open-source/amp/ …
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Interesting piece. If I have one criticism, it boils down to the fact that the words "money", "support", "sustain", "job", "hire", and "pay" don't appear anywhere in it. They're not variables in any of the equations in the system you're solving.
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"So Open Source licenses make amazing tools of selfless, total generosity, if you come from a situation free of worldly concern, and that’s giving you can afford."https://licensezero.com/manifesto
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For reference, I grew up poor, and was making barely a living wage a year before I started contributing to OSS.
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So I don't think this analysis is quite correct. OSS can help uplift some people (but not all people) through career advancement.
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The economic value in career advancement, recruitment, shared maintenance and ecosystem network effects are missing from 0L analysis imo.
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Restrictive licenses, especially ones that introduce mandatory $ costs, sharply reduce the network effects of ecosystems.
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