The author needs to realize that this is unenforceable.
In fact I'd argue that free software and open source is economically dead and unsustainable because of AI generated code and almost no one wants to pay for their tools because an AI can generate the missing feature for them close to $0.
Maintaining it is another thing, but assuming that the cost of tokens get cheaper, why wait for open source developers to maintain it when a frontier AI model can do it for far cheaper and quicker?
I am just saying what the average manager turned vibe coder would say who will refuse to donate or pay for established open source projects that they use for free.
My point is, if you don't have a lot of money to start litigating against the violations, the opportunists don't care and will continue to trample all over your "free and open source" software.
It not enforceable without a lot of money and the opportunists know that.
> You're free to take that bet, we'll see.
There is nothing to bet here. Truth Social is a clone of Mastodon (AGPLv3) and all they did was disclose the vanilla source code and not the modifications which that is required by the license. [0]
The same happened with Revolt (AGPLv3) and Andrew Tate's platform [1] and they never released any of the source code at all, nor could the developer enforce anything. [1]
In fact I'd argue that free software and open source is economically dead and unsustainable because of AI generated code and almost no one wants to pay for their tools because an AI can generate the missing feature for them close to $0.
Maintaining it is another thing, but assuming that the cost of tokens get cheaper, why wait for open source developers to maintain it when a frontier AI model can do it for far cheaper and quicker?
I am just saying what the average manager turned vibe coder would say who will refuse to donate or pay for established open source projects that they use for free.
Unless the license holder has a lot of money for litigation, it is unenforceable.
You're free to take that bet, we'll see.
My point is, if you don't have a lot of money to start litigating against the violations, the opportunists don't care and will continue to trample all over your "free and open source" software.
It not enforceable without a lot of money and the opportunists know that.
> You're free to take that bet, we'll see.
There is nothing to bet here. Truth Social is a clone of Mastodon (AGPLv3) and all they did was disclose the vanilla source code and not the modifications which that is required by the license. [0]
The same happened with Revolt (AGPLv3) and Andrew Tate's platform [1] and they never released any of the source code at all, nor could the developer enforce anything. [1]
[0] https://help.truthsocial.com/legal/open-source/
[1] https://insrt.uk/post/andrew-tate-stealing-software-revolt/