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3 stories tagged lgpl, newest first.

Screenshot of writings.hongminhee.org: Is legal the same as legitimate: AI reimplementation and the erosion of copyleft

Is legal the same as legitimate: AI reimplementation and the erosion of copyleft (writings.hongminhee.org)

541 points by dahlia 7 months ago | 539 comments

Blog essay arguing that AI-assisted clean-room reimplementation, as with chardet 7.0 relicensed from LGPL to MIT, may be legal but erodes the legitimacy of copyleft.

copyleft lgpl chardet ai-reimplementation

Screenshot of github.com: No right to relicense this project

No right to relicense this project (github.com)

412 points by robin_reala 7 months ago | 271 comments

GitHub issue by Mark Pilgrim, original author of chardet, objecting that maintainers have no right to relicense the LGPL project in release 7.0.0.

chardet lgpl software-licensing relicensing

Screenshot of mfkl.github.io: Unity's Open-Source Double Standard: The Ban of VLC

Unity's Open-Source Double Standard: The Ban of VLC (mfkl.github.io)

969 points by 2pEXgD0fZ5cF 2 years ago | 327 comments

Blog post by VideoLAN developer Martin Finkel arguing Unity applied a double standard in banning the open-source VLC for Unity integration from its Asset Store.

vlc unity libvlc videolan

#lgpl on Hacker News

Is legal the same as legitimate: AI reimplementation and the erosion of copyleft(writings.hongminhee.org)

No right to relicense this project(github.com)

Unity's Open-Source Double Standard: The Ban of VLC(mfkl.github.io)

Is legal the same as legitimate: AI reimplementation and the erosion of copyleft (writings.hongminhee.org)

No right to relicense this project (github.com)

Unity's Open-Source Double Standard: The Ban of VLC (mfkl.github.io)