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TechnologyEnglish · 2 years ago

draw.io changed license from Apache 2.0 to non-FOSS license on August 27, 2024

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draw.io changed license from Apache 2.0 to non-FOSS license on August 27, 2024

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TechnologyEnglish · 2 years ago

License Change from standard Apache 2.0 license · jgraph drawio · Discussion #4623

From today the license applied to the project will be the Apache 2.0 license with an extra line forbidding usage of the codebase as an integration or app to Atlassian's Confluence or Jira products....

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It was legally forkable, that’s what really matters to prevent backsliding of functionality and rent extraction from adopters.

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