"No right to relicense this project" - on changing the license of Mark Pilgrim's chardet from LGPL to MIT after a vibe-coded rewrite (github.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/44059967

for those not familiar with Mark Pilgrim, he is/was a prolific author, blogger, and hacker who abruptly disappeared from the internet in 2011.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/968527

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[-] vapeloki@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

GCC? Without GPL we'd have more compilers – not just one monopolist. You're confusing protection with innovation death.

This one is so stupid, I had to think how to respond.

Why? What prevents anybody to implement a new Compiler, looking at LLVM ... ?

What we would have are closed source gcc forks, that is not freedom. This is the opposite.

I am old enough to remember buying a fucking Borland license

I work on gcc code, I know how ugly, historic in parts and confusing the Codebase can be. But I also know why. LLVM has no such legacy, and this is a good thing. I believe some day LLVM will replace gcc because of that. And LLVM uses Apache 2.0.

So, what exactly was your argument here?

[-] hobata@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

So, what exactly was your argument here?

Duno, you tried to convince me that the xGPL restrictions are only for my benefit. I strongly disagree with that opinion, that's all. And I do not really care about argument, if something is used more often, then it's best suited for me. I avoid to contribute to GPL projects and prefer some with MIT or BSD licenses.

I am old enough to remember buying a fucking Borland license

I hope you are old enough to agree with me that TurboVision was fucking awesome.

I work on gcc code

All the hate on you. No, no, joking, I appreciate your work. gcc is a mess, I know.

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