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Trezor Switches from LGPLv3 to Microsoft Reference Source License

8 pointsby xkarga00over 10 years ago

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jordighover 10 years ago
They... can&#x27;t really do this. Retroactively go back and say the last six months are not GPL&#x27;ed, I mean.<p>The GPLv3, which LGPv3 includes by reference, says<p><pre><code> All rights granted under this License are granted for the term of copyright on the Program, and are irrevocable provided the stated conditions are met. </code></pre> So they have already given us code with a license that says it&#x27;s irrevocable. They can, if they wish, produce new code from now on under a new license, sure. But they can&#x27;t go back on their former promise to make it irrevocable. Putting the LGPLv3 on your code is such a promise.<p>I hope people just fork Trezor from yesterday and ignore their sneaky attempt to go back on their word.
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anonbankerover 10 years ago
Good thing the code was GPLv3 a week ago. Let the forks begin. Maybe they&#x27;ll fix the timing bug mentioned in the reddit thread, while they&#x27;re at it.