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Any one used Kloak yet ?
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this post was submitted on 04 Apr 2026
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If it was GPL and they wanted to go closed source, they could do it since they are the authors.
The MIT is a problem when others (not the authors) go closed source.
The GPL would only let them close source their own code, but to close source any code that was contributed by others, they would need to explicitly ask permission from each and every user that added to the codebase, which generally isn't feasible.
That prevents the original creators from being able to benefit from free and rapid community development and then close sourcing it all later. To effectively close source the app, they would need to re-implement every contribution themselves.
They would only be able to do what you describe with the GPL if they also required every contributor to sign a CLA which explicitly gives up ownership of the contribution to the project owners.
The MIT license allows anyone (including the original creators) to close source the app without needing permission from anyone.
Oh, that's right. I forgot about that. True.