Russian media group Rambler attempting to hold Nginx hostage

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/12/russian-media-group-rambler-attempting-to-hold-nginx-hostage/

by peshooo • 7 years ago

26 4 7 years ago

Surprised at the lack of discussion here. This is a huge story. Hopefully this won’t go anywhere. I guess it entirely depends on the employee contract they signed whilst at Rambler?

bjelkeman-again• 7 years ago

I was surprised too. I wonder why this did not catch the attention?

zuppy• 7 years ago

I would rather bet that there are some people interested in making this story not reach the frontpage.

mileycyrusXOXO• 7 years ago

This would, in turn, open up effectively the entire developed world's tech industry to shakedowns for licensing fees—both for continued operation, and in theory, retroactively for more than a decade of "unlicensed" usage.

Even I'd they change the license now why would it apply retroactively? Previous usage was under a permissive license.

Russian media group Rambler attempting to hold Nginx hostage

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