It's not okay to pretend your software is open source

Re:It's not okay to pretend your software is open source by chappi42 on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @09:55AM (#18336458)

“Apache+Commons Clause” does imo not pretend that it is free/open-source. It's a free/open-source license combined with a restriction. I think this is or should be plain for everybody who reads the license.

In a way I can accept that 'Commons' is being used as a restriction in order to restrict monetary profit. With land, air and especially water there are also restriction in place. E.g. there is much critic if a multinational comes and bottles the water and (in some places) impairs local usage. Rules are then necessary.

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Re:It's not okay to pretend your software is open source by detaro on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @09:58AM (#18336488)

The Apache Foundation says it has gotten confused questions about this almost immediately and has asked that this combination not be used (it's own "brand guidelines" say to only use combinations like this if users are granted additional rights, not if the user is restricted further)

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