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		paulryanrogers on March 29, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The race to replace Redis MIT and BSD are so liberal that anyone can commercialize the work. All they have to do is attribute your parts to you, and not demand a warranty of you.

mort96 on March 29, 2024 [–]

Why do corporate MIT-licensed projects have CLAs then?

(That's not meant a gotcha, I just don't really know how this stuff works)

paulryanrogers on March 29, 2024 | [–]

CLAs in those cases may be more to cover their ass in case of disputes about authorship, the future of the project, or in case they forget attribution.

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