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On Open Source Mythology

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There are two points of popular open source mythology this post will share my experience with: People won't use your project if you don't use an Open Source Initiative-approved license People won't contribute to to your project if you don't use an Open Source Initiative-approved license Many people have ideas about how society should be like and what must be done to change institutions and to work for a revolution. But this is not enough. Often these ideas do not conform to reality and if they do conform to reality there is only one way to test them: Try to put them to work and see if they succeed. Testing our ideas in concrete work is the only way we will ever know if they are correct. -- James Forman - Twenty Enemies (1971) I maintain a tiling window manager for Windows called komorebi which is made available under the Komorebi License. The Komorebi License is both an educational source license which ensures the availability of source code to individuals for personal use, modifi…

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