<story><title>“Worrying about licensing is what PG would call a sitcom idea”</title><url>https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/issues/6137#issuecomment-275954709</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>notacoward</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve been through relicensing exercises a couple of times.  They&amp;#x27;re a pain, but a &lt;i&gt;necessary&lt;/i&gt; pain because this stuff really does matter and can come back to haunt you.  I might not agree with bcantrill on the &amp;quot;toxicity&amp;quot; of AGPL, but he&amp;#x27;s totally on point about the likely effect of failing to deal with the license issue.  &amp;quot;Sitcom idea&amp;quot; only betrays the author&amp;#x27;s own ignorance.</text></comment>
<story><title>“Worrying about licensing is what PG would call a sitcom idea”</title><url>https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/issues/6137#issuecomment-275954709</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>falcolas</author><text>&amp;gt; It&amp;#x27;s a hundred times easier to solve any potential IP problems for a successful project&lt;p&gt;Tell that to the original author of libevhtp, who is currently homeless. To paraphrase him, &amp;quot;the ideals behind BSD are great until someone derives massive profits from your work and doesn&amp;#x27;t share.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Yes, there are other issues contributing to his being homeless; my point is that putting careful thought into your licensing &lt;i&gt;is&lt;/i&gt; important, if only because you can&amp;#x27;t always change it later. Being clear on IP ownership is also quite important, especially with the threat of someone with an army of lawyers landing on your doorstep.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=13423607&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=13423607&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: Fixed name of library, thanks for the check.</text></comment>