Bora M. Alper@lemmy.world to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 5 days agoGetting Forked by Microsoftphiliplaine.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up187arrow-down1external-linkGetting Forked by Microsoftphiliplaine.comBora M. Alper@lemmy.world to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square20fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareZenlix@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·5 days 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-up5·5 days agoLuckily there’s another shitty move that could force MS to close down the fork: Patenting.
minus-squareAatube@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 days agoNo, but they definitely could file one.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days 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.