* Mirko Boehm: > there is a simpler, less flattering explanation. More likely to be > correct under Occam’s razor: Most of the ground work on this issue was > done by Openforum Europe. Github is one of their member > companies. FSFE piggy-backed on their work. Which means the interests > of the free software community where much less present in the process > than is commonly assumed here. This also explains the dopey wording on > the Twitter message that exploded.
I found the implication disgusting that free software development depends on large-scale copyright infringement. I don't think the free software community has a significant problem in this area; we are generally pretty good at training new contributors in these matters. Most of us remove potentially copyright-infringing code proactively, even without notification from the copyright owner. Often, merely unclear licensing conditions are grounds for removal. _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
