inari@piefed.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agoThe ChatGPT desktop app bundles a full copy of LibreOfficesimonwillison.netexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down111
arrow-up1131arrow-down1external-linkThe ChatGPT desktop app bundles a full copy of LibreOfficesimonwillison.netinari@piefed.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squareViatorOmnium@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·4 days agoLibreoffice is MPL, which allows distribution alongside proprietary software.
minus-squareBane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down8·4 days agoThat’s interesting and distressing.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·4 days agoWhy? The authors of the software have specifically allowed it to be used in ways like this.
minus-squareBane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 days agoI didn’t think they were distributing it correctly, no mention of the licence or source attribution
minus-squareFurryMemesAccount@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·edit-23 days agoIt’s the whole issue with copyleft licences. EDIT: non-copyleft
minus-squareGhoelian@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoWhat issue are you talking about?
minus-squareFurryMemesAccount@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 days agoBSD licenses, the MIT one and such allow proprietary redistribution, which I find repugnant. Also yeah I wrote this in sleep-deprivation, I should have written “non-copyleft”…
Libreoffice is MPL, which allows distribution alongside proprietary software.
That’s interesting and distressing.
Why? The authors of the software have specifically allowed it to be used in ways like this.
I didn’t think they were distributing it correctly, no mention of the licence or source attribution
It’s the whole issue with copyleft licences.
EDIT: non-copyleft
What issue are you talking about?
BSD licenses, the MIT one and such allow proprietary redistribution, which I find repugnant.
Also yeah I wrote this in sleep-deprivation, I should have written “non-copyleft”…