06.12.2013, 20:44, "Isaac Schlueter" <[email protected]>:
Alex, Alexey: Node's license is MIT. It includes the licenses and copyright notices of its bundled dependencies, as is standard practice, and required for compliance with some of the dependencies' licenses. (Even where not explicitly required, it's nice to give credit for what we're using, and almost never a bad idea.) https://github.com/joyent/node/blob/master/LICENSE
Oh sorry. There're so much permissive licenses that I lost count already. You're right, the Node's license is MIT.
Give credit is a good idea, but a lot of legal stuff everywhere really isn't. For example, I just love this one:
https://github.com/joyent/node/blob/master/test/fixtures/semicolon.js
My main objection to "FOUNDATION!" is that there's usually not much details about what that means or why we'd benefit. What problems is it solving? Are those problems relevant? Does a foundation even solve those problems, and if so, is a foundation the BEST way to solve those problems?Some people object to having an explicitly profit-motivated organization behind a community project. However, if the strategic goals of that company are aligned with the goals of the project, then such a setup can be extremely beneficial, and provide many valuable assets that most foundations would not.
That company might be aligned exactly to where the money is, and this alignment just happened to match node.js way up until now. So yes, it would be beneficial until The Money Way suddenly changes due to unexpected and unfortunate events.
When that happens, the company will say "well, those reputation damages will cost X dollars, and if we just part with a developer, it'll cost Y dollars", take a reasonable, but extremely offensive action, and node.js will lose again.
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