Hey #LibreSource / #OpenSource / #Leftist / #Cooperativist fediverse,

Here is a small repo (self promo) linking you both via #Copyfarleft / #Copyfair:

https://github.com/LibreCybernetics/awesome-copyfarleft

@clayton

copyfair for those who don't break the law.. that's what .00000000009% of the pop?

all open source code been stolen as we speak.

think about it. Copy any open source>>modify it>>by changing one line of code>>then patent the tech..

Noone at #USPTO is SMART ENOUGHT TO PRE SCREEN patents for previously #stolen & modified open source code.

#COPYFAIR has ZERO TEETH.
ITS A FREE FOR ALL..

My hunch (but someone correct me if I'm wrong!) is that it would be near impossible to relicense a #GPL project as #CopyFair because you need all owners (ie: contributors) to agree to the change.

I think though, projects could start experimenting with applying the CopyFair principles in a social way.

For example, set up a download form that asks whether you are using the project for commercial reasons and if so, it prompts for a license payment.

I recently learned about the #CopyFair license - anyone can use the code, but if they make money from it they must contribute back in some way, eg: pay a license fee.

However, it seems like it's still in the thought experiment realm. I can't find an actual example of a license document.

There is one working experiment I found of a related license - the Peer Production License that allows only nonprofits and coops to use the work. It's being used by the Guerilla Media Collective.

#OpenSource

@fenkt

(...dann wärs wohl nicht "Open Source", aber das ist nicht mein Punkt)

Auch nicht genau was du beschreibst, aber vielleicht geht
#Copyfarleft oder #Copyfair in die von dir gedachte Richtung ?!

http://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Copyfarleft

@jannik@uelfte.club