Post AYYvEToPH2wjqZ3PeK by jon@social.vivaldi.net
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 (DIR) Post #AYYvERjN0njHOMgMWO by jon@social.vivaldi.net
       2023-07-23T20:16:12Z
       
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       It is a hard question and we discuss it a lot. In some ways we might have felt more comfortable with a different license then what seems to be possible, but seemingly there are significant limits there.I guess it is also a question of how strong we are. We are a relatively small company. More users will allow us to grow. A bit of a chicken and egg situation there.
       
 (DIR) Post #AYYvESuOdI8x2qqgLY by rburchell@mastodon.social
       2023-07-23T20:28:11Z
       
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       @jon while I understand the problem it presents to you, on the other hand, watching what happened to opera makes me personally a lot more reluctant to embrace a browser that isn’t extremely open. I’d not want to tie such a central part of my workflow and data to something that might turn bad very quickly.
       
 (DIR) Post #AYYvEToPH2wjqZ3PeK by jon@social.vivaldi.net
       2023-07-23T20:32:55Z
       
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       @rburchell , as said, there is a reason why Vivaldi has no external investors. I think that is the best way we can ensure that Vivaldi stays on the straight and narrow.
       
 (DIR) Post #AYYvEUZuQQwaDtHLgu by EpiphanicSynchronicity@pkm.social
       2023-07-23T21:03:16Z
       
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       @jon @rburchell  I’ve come to the conclusion that although I appreciate FOSS, it’s not a panacea. Bootstrapped small developers like #Vivaldi, #Obsidian, and #iA who keep some code closed to prevent having their work used to compete against them without compensation seem much more resistant to #enshittification than VC-funded shops that wave open-source as a banner, because eventually the latter have to serve the VCs’ interests before their own vision and the interests of their users.
       
 (DIR) Post #AYYvEVQNHMuYqbpFT6 by souldessin@noagendasocial.com
       2023-08-09T17:24:07Z
       
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       @EpiphanicSynchronicity @jon @rburchell Never forget the real value of the original concept of patents and copyright.You didn't have it forever, but enough time to make money from it, if it was good enough to do so. Then it became public domain. You didn't lose the ability to make money of your idea, others could just compete with you at that point. Before that, you had a monopoly, albeit a short lived one.Now Disney owns it after you die.
       
 (DIR) Post #AYYvEWTFOAns5oB3aK by EpiphanicSynchronicity@pkm.social
       2023-07-23T21:04:44Z
       
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       @jon @rburchell  Also, here are some of my thoughts on software licensing: https://discuss.logseq.com/t/on-the-agpl-license-and-the-idea-to-move-away-from-it/14716/20