Re:It's not okay to pretend your software is open source
by pron on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @10:34AM
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> it's an extremely well known license
Extremely well known? It was created only 6 months ago, and practically no one had heard of until a couple months ago when Redis Labs adopted it, to much controversy.
> If I want to restrict others from selling my product I will do so.
Of course, and the article says so. The question is whether it OK for you to use a non open-source license (by most common interpretations), and yet call yourself open-source source, enjoying the PR benefits.
Extremely well known? It was created only 6 months ago, and practically no one had heard of until a couple months ago when Redis Labs adopted it, to much controversy.
> If I want to restrict others from selling my product I will do so.
Of course, and the article says so. The question is whether it OK for you to use a non open-source license (by most common interpretations), and yet call yourself open-source source, enjoying the PR benefits.