RobotToaster@mander.xyz to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoThis AI Startup "Copied" an Open-Source Project and Got Half a Million Dollar Funding by Y Combinatornews.itsfoss.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoIf its forked from a Foss project then its necessarily a Foss project. That’s why we use Foss licenses.
minus-squarealt_xa_23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months 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
minus-squarenek0d3r@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months 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-up0arrow-down1·2 months 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 months agoThe source is literally just VSCode with a different label. What benefit does that have?
If its forked from a Foss project then its necessarily a Foss project. That’s why we use Foss licenses.
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
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?