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   Tek say resist (tek@freeradical.zone)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Dec-2024 06:33:21 JST Tek say resist

   I'm reading some of the fallout from Redis relicensing their software to be non-Free, and I say this:

   I will never, ever sign a Contributor License Agreement before submitting a patch to any project[0]. They exist so that projects can relicense my contributions later, perhaps in ways I don't agree with. I retain my copyright, TYVM, and if you want to turn my GPLed patch into a proprietary license, better start re-writing.

   [0] I sign one for the FSF once. They’re not gonna rugpull like that.

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     Tek say resist (tek@freeradical.zone)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Dec-2024 06:41:11 JST Tek say resist

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     • Rob Carlson

     @vees A Hacker News story about Antirez returning to Redis, and the discussion between people protesting the new proprietary license and others who don't see it as a big deal.

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     Rob Carlson (vees@epistolary.org)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Dec-2024 06:41:12 JST Rob Carlson

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     @tek What are you reading?

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     Tek say resist (tek@freeradical.zone)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Dec-2024 09:39:53 JST Tek say resist

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     • J. "Henry" Waugh

     @jhwgh1968 That’s an excellent and valid reason, also.

     Just say no.

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     J. "Henry" Waugh (jhwgh1968@chaos.social)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Dec-2024 09:39:55 JST J. "Henry" Waugh

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     @tek indeed

     I have even better personal reasons on top of that:

     https://chaos.social/@jhwgh1968/112719036143770403