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Re:Re-Licensing Sentry by tedivm on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @06:14PM (#21468618)
Open Source has a definition. It includes things like GPL and MIT- a wide range of options. The BSL is not an open source license.
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Re:Re-Licensing Sentry by oneplane on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @09:09PM (#21469759)
Well, what is your solution? Have Sentry go bankrupt because AWS takes their service and offers it at a scale Sentry can't?
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Re:Re-Licensing Sentry by em-bee on Thursday November 07, 2019 @05:14AM (#21471920)
the solution is to vet the license and consider whether it is compatible with the current Open Source definition.

if it is not, then Sentry needs to consider whether it is important for them to stay Open Source or not.

and, if we see many more cases like this, then maybe it's time that we rethink what the Open Source definition should be.

it looks like neither Open Source, nor Free Software haver put much consideration to this problem yet, and it's time that we look at the implications.

my expectation is that any change in the definition of either will not meet much positive reaction, but i think the discussion is worth having.

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Re:Re-Licensing Sentry by QuinnyPig on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @10:28PM (#21470143)
Can you identify a single company that's happened to?
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Re:Re-Licensing Sentry by SanDiegoSalsa on Thursday November 07, 2019 @03:34AM (#21471484)
No, because they’re dead. Withered on the vine.
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