Its a great idea - but the terms are horrible. From my understanding Assembly made own the rights to the software and a pretty big stake in application.
The article talks about forking code, contributing to open source but goes directly against it.
The article talks about forking code, contributing to open source but goes directly against it.
We've decided to distribute the code with a modified-BSD license. We're open to discussing using different licenses but we've erred on the site of safety (for now). It'll be an easy change to make in the future when the risk/reward tradeoff of doing so is better known.
BTW, all our legal stuff is on on GitHub: https://github.com/assemblymade/legal It's a work in progress :)
> To do this, Assembly must keep and manage all intellectual property derived from Assembly apps. In exchange for that ownership, we give you perpetual income based on the extent of your contribution to all projects you work on.