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[-] linearchaos@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I see there's a lot of negativity around GrayJay and their licensing and I don't disagree; but there's a battle going on here It's Google against the world. Having private paid entities working on this alongside the FOSS efforts is definitely not a bad thing. The fact that they're running source available means that other people can look at what they're doing even if they can't use their code directly.

[-] wmassingham@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

They can use the code directly. The license allows "review, compilation and non-commercial distribution".

It doesn't explicitly allow modification, but they do define "code" as "the code and any part of it and any derivative of it", so clearly derivatives are expected.

[-] linearchaos@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

You "can" use the code directly.

But if you don't you're not bound by their license and can foss your work.

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