RobotToaster@mander.xyz to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 3 months agoThis AI Startup "Copied" an Open-Source Project and Got Half a Million Dollar Funding by Y Combinatornews.itsfoss.comexternal-linkmessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up1487arrow-down12
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minus-squaredelirious_owllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months agoThis is great. So all their VC-funded work will get released publicly, and we all benefit. I don’t see why people are upset that FOSS projects are getting VC funding for development…
minus-squarenednobbins@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoHaha. Maybe. I doubt the VCs will provide much followup funding if they can’t control the code base but weirder things have happened.
minus-squaredelirious_owllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoIf Mr. Money bags comes to you with a contract that says anything about IP or equity, tell them to fuck off
This is great. So all their VC-funded work will get released publicly, and we all benefit.
I don’t see why people are upset that FOSS projects are getting VC funding for development…
Haha. Maybe.
I doubt the VCs will provide much followup funding if they can’t control the code base but weirder things have happened.
If Mr. Money bags comes to you with a contract that says anything about IP or equity, tell them to fuck off