Martin Peeks wrote:
Hi,
On 5 February 2010 03:08, Q overlordq@gmail.com wrote:
Not really, it's easy to tell what's being used or not from access logs, see if link to source is provided anywhere and if it's there, ok, if not, deluser. Takes all of two minutes. Make it easier by requiring that tools provide a link to their source available somewhere online.
If you are being serious by "if not, deluser", then I worry. Such a response goes contrary to the whole idea of keeping tools going.
Is the proposal to: (a) Force users to open-source software under their own choice of licence. (b) Assume (supported by ToS) that all code is under a given licence. (c) Care not abut the licensing but decree that all code must be world-readable (d) Other!
Thanks Martin
I still dont see why you feel it's morally wrong to say that "If you want to use our servers, it's required to use an open source license so that if get ran over, have a heart attack, or just get tired of running it, other people can take over your code so that the community can continue to rely on it."