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Discussion on: Open Source Creator Series, Part 3: How to Choose an Open Source License

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Jan Küster

Very underrated topic and the implications of choosing the wrong license were very good to be observed when the react patent clause debate came up: github.com/facebook/react/commits/...

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Kevin Xu

Indeed. Along the same line, it's generally easier to switch a license from less permissive to more permissive, if you decide that your original choice was not the right now.

Similar logically to if you are building an open source project and a closed source layer around it, it's easier to open source some of the closed source components later, but very difficult to close off some once open components without killing your project or company.