News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Linux Journal Ceases Publication: An Awkward Goodbye. Parent comment

Re:Linux Journal Ceases Publication: An Awkward Goodbye by antisemiotic on Thursday August 08, 2019 @04:38AM (#20642802)
>The recent licence changes (MongoDB, Redis, CockroachDB)

Software authors ditching open-source licenses to survive doesn't sound like a win for FOSS.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Linux Journal Ceases Publication: An Awkward Goodbye by pas on Friday August 16, 2019 @03:55AM (#20713032)
I think having a so hard line view on these no-cloud licenses is silly.

The GPLv3 closed the tivoization loophole, the AGPL closed the SaaS loophole, and now we have Apache-like licenses that close the rent seeking cloudification loophole.

The AGPL is Stallman + OSI + Debian approved, how come these new no-maximo-capitalismo licenses are somehow not?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Linux Journal Ceases Publication: An Awkward Goodbye by nerdponx on Thursday August 08, 2019 @07:19AM (#20643450)
It might well be that the "free isn't gratis" argument has been shown to not work, and that this is the best compromise solution we have.

Corporations are not people, and arguably are not entitled to the same freedoms with software that people have.

[ Parent | on HN ]