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Element informed the Foundation that it will be forking Synapse and Dendrite: matrix.org/blog/2023/11/06/fut

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matrix.org · The future of Synapse and DendriteBy Josh Simmons

@matrix Dear, @element, please be honest:
You write that you want a CLA
> giving Element the right to distribute the contribution commercially
.
When you write "commercially” you mean “proprietary”. Because FLOSS can always be utilised for _all_ cause, including commercial ones and selling it. This is what e.g sets it apart from pretending licenses like the BSL which want to claim all commercial activities just for a single stakeholder.

@schmittlauch @matrix Have edited the blog post to try to clarify: "giving Element the right to license the contribution commercially to third party proprietary forks so we can use it to help fund Matrix core development in future".

@element Thank you. While I am still wary about the incentives this brings for encouraging FLOSS back-contributions vs. selling proprietary licenses (see the OwnCloud-NextCloud story), I guess the biggest concern of most CLA critics is the ability of element pulling a HashiCorp and going proprietary again.
You now mention this concern as well in the blog post; have any countermeasures for the CLA been discussed? Like e.g. github.com/slint-ui/slint/disc

GitHubguarantee FOSS licensing of SixtyFPS · slint-ui/slint · Discussion #244I'm really interested and excited for what SixtyFPS will become, but I'm also very wary of using it, promoting it, or contributing to it because of the CLA, especially in the context of recent even...

@schmittlauch honestly, we only found about the slint/signal trick via the discussion here today. it looks really interesting, as there is zero desire to pull a hashicorp - we're literally trying to do the opposite.

Albin Larsson

@element why don't you have a similar CLA to that of Qt then? In which contributors only grant you a license not copyright...

@schmittlauch