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FOSS commons

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The Digital Library of the Commons defines “commons” as “a general term for shared resources in which each stakeholder has an equal interest”. The FOSS commons refers to a commons for free and open source software (FOSS) (See also software freedom).

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proprietary relicensing

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Proprietary relicensing is a toxic business model whereby a company + distributes software under a copyleft licenses, but refuses to + agree to the copyleft license themselves (by collecting rights to issue + proprietary, + non-FOSS licenses + for the software separately). While the software is technically + available as FOSS, users must worry since the rights-holder usually + captiously (and often incorrectly) interprets the copyleft license and + demands licensing fees for acts that copyleft actually permits. Users + must chose whether to fight the proprietary relicensor in Court, buy a + proprietary license, or cease use of the software. This behavior is + widely consider by FOSS activists as an inappropriate use of copyleft + licensing.

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