QuentinCallaghan to Open Source@lemmy.ml • 2 years agoMicrosoft open-sources over 1,500 of its cute 3D emoji designs for anyone to usearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft open-sources over 1,500 of its cute 3D emoji designs for anyone to usearstechnica.comQuentinCallaghan to Open Source@lemmy.ml • 2 years agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareAmiceselinkfedilink-1•2 years ago…to get people to develop another dependency on Microsoft.
minus-squareAmiceselinkfedilink-1•2 years agoBy getting people to use architecture that Microsoft owns. It’s what they’re doing with GitHub right now.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆linkfedilink0•2 years agoPlease explain what this has to do with the architecture Microsoft owns. The icons are licensed as MIT, anybody can clone them to whatever git hosting service they want.
minus-squareAmiceselinkfedilink-1•2 years agoMicrosoft could change their license when enough people rely on their emoji design. It’s what they do to GitHub.
…to get people to develop another dependency on Microsoft.
how?
By getting people to use architecture that Microsoft owns. It’s what they’re doing with GitHub right now.
Please explain what this has to do with the architecture Microsoft owns. The icons are licensed as MIT, anybody can clone them to whatever git hosting service they want.
Microsoft could change their license when enough people rely on their emoji design. It’s what they do to GitHub.
MIT cannot be changed retroactively.
Wait really? I thought it could.