Bora M. Alper@lemmy.world to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 3 months agoGetting Forked by Microsoftphiliplaine.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up188arrow-down1external-linkGetting Forked by Microsoftphiliplaine.comBora M. Alper@lemmy.world to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square20fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareZenlix@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 months agoDoes the MS version have stuff that would be incompatible with the original? If not they made an absolute shitty move.
minus-squareAatube@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 months agoLuckily there’s another shitty move that could force MS to close down the fork: Patenting.
minus-squareAatube@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 months agoNo, but they definitely could file one.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoHuge cost out of spite is something a person doing open source is unlikely to do.
Does the MS version have stuff that would be incompatible with the original?
If not they made an absolute shitty move.
Luckily there’s another shitty move that could force MS to close down the fork: Patenting.
But has the original author the patent?
No, but they definitely could file one.
Huge cost out of spite is something a person doing open source is unlikely to do.