Re:Redis Labs Changes Its Open-Source License Again
by kemitchell on Friday February 22, 2019 @03:15PM
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> The open source issue is fixed, it is called AGPL.
AGPL is also busted. It has its own loopholes, some self-imposed for nebulous reasons attributed to software freedom, some self-imposed due to FSF's peculiar stances on copyright law more generally.
Those limitations are starting to become practical, as big companies with legal talent actually start reading and analyzing the terms, as applied to important projects like MongoDB. Mongo alluded to those weaknesses in its submission of SSPL to OSI. I've written about them in slightly more detail:
AGPL is also busted. It has its own loopholes, some self-imposed for nebulous reasons attributed to software freedom, some self-imposed due to FSF's peculiar stances on copyright law more generally.
Those limitations are starting to become practical, as big companies with legal talent actually start reading and analyzing the terms, as applied to important projects like MongoDB. Mongo alluded to those weaknesses in its submission of SSPL to OSI. I've written about them in slightly more detail:
https://writing.kemitchell.com/2018/11/04/Copyleft-Bust-Up.h...