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Mattermost say they will not clarify what license the project is under (news.ycombinator.com)

submitted 9 months ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I sometimes wonder if Qmail had had a clear license, if Gmail would have destroyed the self-hosted mail ecosystem so thoroughly.

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[–] Paradox@lemdro.id 7 points 9 months ago (1 child)

It would have. Roundcube existed at roughly the same time, had a better UI, and was clearly licensed, and still went nowhere

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[–] Chais@sh.itjust.works 1 point 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Because self-hosting email is a major pita. Maybe mostly because of Google.

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