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253 points MYEUHD | 2 comments | 02 Jul 25 16:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.563s | source
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jasonthorsness ◴[02 Jul 25 17:42 UTC] No.44446634[source]▶
I think a legal remedy here won't work. It can't magically produce money or desire to keep something runnable indefinitely. And any regulation that tries to compel work without payment seems like it will just hurt indie developers more.
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1. blamestross ◴[02 Jul 25 17:49 UTC] No.44446716[source]▶
You could also comply by providing a self hostable server, or even source code that might be convertible to a self hostable server.

Requiring an "end of life plan" in the ToS would be a start.

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2. OkayPhysicist ◴[02 Jul 25 19:02 UTC] No.44447539[source]▶
Or even just binaries. As big of a radical copyleft OSS advocate as I am, I think it'd help this particular movement to steer clear of "just release your source code" as a solution.