thanius, 5 months ago

@matrix @element Will these changes affect those registered on matrix.org?

matrix, 5 months ago

@thanius @element Great question! Pleased to say there will be no impacts for users on the Matrix.org homeserver.

chebra, 5 months ago

@matrix @element

• Does that CLA give them the power to relicense at any later time and taking all of the contributions without asking for agreement?
• Does the CLA give them the power to build commercial features on top of those contributions, while preventing anyone else from doing the same?

matrix, 5 months ago

@chebra @element We recommend reading the CLA.

chebra, 5 months ago

@matrix @element Also I like how your response avoids answering "yes" or "no". You don't want to publicly answer "yes", and you can't publicly lie by answering "no", so you just respond in a smug way to make me look bad. Cool.

element, 5 months ago

@chebra It's our CLA, not @matrix's, so you're complaining at the wrong org. No, the CLA doesn't let Element relicense arbitrarily at later time without consent of contributors - it'd have to stick with an OSI-approved FOSS license. Yes, the CLA lets Element build commercial features on top of those contributions; other folks wanting to do so will need an AGPL exception.

serebit, 5 months ago

@matrix @element Good, they took our advice.

matrix, 5 months ago

@serebit @element Yes, very pleased with that -- thank you!