Copyleft-next should not do unilateral disarmament via the sunset clause

Vasileios Valatsos me at aethrvmn.gr
Mon Jul 7 21:17:10 UTC 2025


 >The thread can be read via Hyperkitty at:
 >https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/copyleft-next@lists.fedorahosted.org/thread/QE3LAPLGBIKCACEOKLMKAW7FCLS2USKZ/

That thread is very interesting, it does have some good points, however 
I still think that, as others in that thread said, if someone wanted to 
add a sunset clause this could be achieved with a separate license or an 
additional custom clause, so people can choose whether or not they want 
to include a sunset clause (I for example wouldn't), but there might be 
usecases or developers who might want to. (Maybe a copyleft-temp?)

Also, and I hope it doesn't come as rude, it's funny how the first 
thread in that link is about the non-commercial use of software past a 
certain age, but the initial post was about code from 1979 used in a 
commercial setting. (46 years!)

- Vasileios Valatsos


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