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hedaors 区别很大的。
大多数open source license不允许随意修改/移除license或者擅自sub-license。
Open source license的法律强制力相对较低,比如LGPLv2.1里就有这么一条:
9. You are not required to accept this License, since you have not signed it. However, nothing else grants you permission to modify or distribute the Library or its derivative works. These actions are prohibited by law if you do not accept this License. Therefore, by modifying or distributing the Library (or any work based on the Library), you indicate your acceptance of this License to do so, and all its terms and conditions for copying, distributing or modifying the Library or works based on it.
License的强制力大概也就是:你不遵守?我去论坛发个帖骂你。(当然理论上也是可以起诉并胜诉的)
CA就不同,翻译过来大多数是说:哥高兴开源就开源,哥不高兴了随时闭源,贡献了代码的给你点好处打发了,你别瞎BB。