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minnix@lemux.minnix.dev to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

From its start, Gmail conditioned us to trade privacy for free services

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From its start, Gmail conditioned us to trade privacy for free services

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minnix@lemux.minnix.dev to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago
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If Gmail proved anything, it was that people would, for the most part, accept any terms of service. Or at least not care enough to read the fine-print closely.
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    Actually it doesn’t

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      doesnt it require any modified versions of the code be shared, preventing a change to a non-copyleft liscence?

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        Not if the copyright owner changes the license. When you are the creator you can do what you please. With that being said you can not do that if the public writes code. That’s why you see CLAs (contributor license agreement)

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            Agreed although Linux would be really hard to relicense. You would need to get approval from every single person who every contributed

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          oh ok, thanks for telling me!

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