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You should rename the project to OpenBox if you are not using a copyleft license. It is not libre.
by 533474 1y ago
You should rename the project to OpenBox if you are not using a copyleft license. It is not libre.
- LtdJorge 1y agoLibre means free. MIT gives more freedom than copyleft.
- tombert 1y agoI think they're saying that "Libre" typically implies Copyleft, with a GPL or AGPL or MPL License. Something that (in some cases) forces you to make your changes available. LibreOffice, for example, is Mozilla Public Licensed, which is a weak copyleft, like LGPL (I think).
- microtonal 1y agoIt's just silly gatekeeping. E.g. LibreSSL is permissively-licensed and is from 2014.
- tombert 1y agoYeah fair enough. Pedantry about names can get silly.
- ekzy 1y agoFrench native here. Libre means free in the sense of freedom, not in the sense of free as in free beer (the term for that is “gratuit”)
- LtdJorge 1y agoYeah, that’s what I was saying. Spanish native myself :D
- F3nd0 1y agoWhether MIT-type licences give more freedom than copyleft is very disputable, since they make it extremely easy to lose. But you are right that terms like ‘free’ or ‘libre’ are in no way restricted to copyleft.
- njredar676 1y agoI mean, is it not 'Libre' to use the word 'Libre' in the name?