""The thing that I love about open source is that once you open source a piece of software, it belongs to everyone forever. The true open source licenses are worldwide and perpetual, and those are really key and important terms.""
""We are a company, Microsoft's a company; we're a non-profit, they're a for-profit. We have to follow the laws of the land, just like all companies do, and there are times when there are rules that we don't get a say in. We try to influence policy in ways that are beneficial for open source because we firmly believe that the best way to do open source is by globally collaborating.""
Open source licenses that are worldwide and perpetual create communal ownership and contribute to resilience. Geopolitical tensions have prompted changes in behavior across communities and commercial providers. Examples include the Linux Foundation removing Russian-based Linux kernel maintainers from a mailing list and an Indian refinery, Nayara Energy, initiating legal proceedings against Microsoft after EU sanctions linked to its Russian oil purchases. Companies and non-profits must comply with national laws and sometimes lack discretion when rules limit interaction. Governments have enacted laws that alternately encourage or discourage global collaboration, prompting efforts to influence policy to preserve open global cooperation.
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