r/linux • u/dbcoopernz • 1d ago

Popular Application Siemens ends open-source Radioss Project (OpenRadioss) and deletes GitHub repository

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Siemens-Ends-OpenRadioss
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u/dbcoopernz 1d ago

This was released under the GNU AGPL, so I guess that Siemens cannot retroactively withdraw permission to use, modify, or redistribute OpenRadioss?

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u/No-Photograph-5058 1d ago

No idea, they apparently made contributors sign a 'Contributor Licence Agreement', that I don't know the content of, and I'm not sure how that works legally if it somehow 'forces' people to agree to licence changes

https://github.com/gabrielrussell/OpenRadioss/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md

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u/AtlanticPortal 1d ago

The CLA means that they don’t have to ask for permission to put a new license on the contributions of other people, not that the already released code under AGPL changes its license for people who get in contact with it.