Questions tagged [contributor]
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Is it possible for the .NET open source code to be "rugpulled", or relicensed?
Attempting to read the Contribution License Agreement (source) for the .NET Foundation code. This includes the C#/VB.NET Roslyn compiler, the .NET CLR, and other runtimes. I am a fervent user of these ...
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Implicit licensing when contributing to an open source project
Imagine I fork a MIT licensed project on GitHub, make some changes and submit a Pull Request (PR). I own the copyright of my changes. The PR is accepted.
A few years later, someone uses the software ...
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"Given enough eyes, all bugs are shallow". Did this idea exist before Eric Raymond wrote "The Cathedral and the Bazaar"?
From What success really looks like in open source | by Nadia Asparouhova | Medium:
When we talk about successful open source projects, we imagine big, thriving, participatory communities, where many ...
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Apache 2.0 and patent grant to the code not related to the contribution
Imagine, a company, contributes to a huge Apache 2.0 project. The company owns a patent. The project is huge, and there's a small fragment of its code which infringes on the patent. The company ...
