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Describing changing to a source-available licenses as "now utilizing the legal system" is strange.

Projects choosing a permissive license like BSD is utilizing the legal system. BSD is a contract, a copyright license. It imposes restrictions/limitations/obligations, which can/would be enforced by a court.



Come on, you're unfairly quoting bits of my sentences in order to fuss over something unrelated to my point.

I said:

> so they need to utilize the legal system to ensure that large companies help sustain the project.

No shit they were using the legal system before with the BSD license. I am saying that they are now using the legal system to ensure companies contribute, which is not something the BSD license did.




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