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Nov 7, 2019 at 00:07
Sentry is moving to license that prevents others from offering paid services. It's stricter than AGPL, which allows others to host if they share source. It's really interesting to see a license that becomes more open after a certain period! https://blog.sentry.io/2019/11/06/relicensing-sentry

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Apparently the WTF license is used in software packaged by all major distros, and the FSF considers it valid!
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Sep 3, 2019 at 00:24
I've been learning about the fascinating hobby of amateur radio: https://youtu.be/ysOq6ywTSzU It reminds me of chat roulette, except all the users have a license and many of them build their own equipment!
Jul 9, 2019 at 21:21
I've always wondered why npm defaults to the ISC license rather than MIT. MIT seemed more well-known and similarly permissive. Turns out that ISC is essentially a shorter MIT!
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