On Mar 14, 2023, at 2:55 PM, Jim Brain via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> 
> On 3/14/2023 4:16 PM, Jonathan Chapman wrote:
>> There are other things that we've chosen not to run for the same basic 
>> reason, and others that won't get open sourced. 
> 
> I will admit I am trending in that direction.  I put things as FLOSS because 
> I wanted the designs to outlast my involvement with the community.  I thought 
> if the design was open source and I wanted to or had to depart (including the 
> Great Departure), the designs would continue to be available rather than 
> disappear. But, so many people have abused that idea.  Luckily, most of my 
> stuff is not useful enough to copy and sell online...

If you posted your design as Open Source, someone else producing it isn't a 
knockoff, it's the system working as intended.

  -- Chris

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