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How OpenAI Hopes to Sever Its Nonprofit Roots (www.nytimes.com)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by zabadoh@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Archived version, for posterity.

Take note Bluesky fans: Your "benevolent" controlling nonprofit can quickly become a for-profit if enough cash is thrown at the governing board...

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[–] john89@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Public_License

Mozilla can't stop people from modifying or distributing firefox without changing its license.

If they do change the license, then all the versions up to that point will still be fair game for modification and redistribution.

This is part of why copyleft is so important. Relying on proprietary software means there's nothing we can do if the "owner" decides to change course.