An update to the Timescale license

Re:An update to the Timescale license by hodgesrm on Thursday September 24, 2020 @02:44PM (#24582049)

> I'm curious to see if some vocal people here will still not be satisfied with anything short of a OSI-approved FOSS license.

Don't forget that Timescale can alter the terms of their license at any time. That's the material difference from an OSI-approved license.

Here's the relevant term of the TSL Agreement. Emphasis mine:

> (c) Distribution of Source Code or Binaries in Standalone Form. Subject to the prohibitions in Section 2.2 below, a license to copy and distribute the Timescale Software source code and binaries solely in unmodified standalone form and subject to the terms and conditions of the most current version of this TSL Agreement.

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Re:An update to the Timescale license by akulkarni on Thursday September 24, 2020 @02:55PM (#24582189)

Not really. Modifications only apply to next versions, doesn't change to prior versions:

  The modified agreement shall govern any new version of the TSL Licensed Software
  (and all its constituent source code and binaries) that is officially released as
  a complete version release by Timescale on or after such Posted Date.

https://www.timescale.com/legal/licenses#section-7-2-modific...

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Re:An update to the Timescale license by hodgesrm on Thursday September 24, 2020 @03:43PM (#24582699)

Thanks, I was looking for that and could not find it.

The point remains that there's nothing to protect users from changes in licenses like the TSL. It's possible with FOSS licenses provided you own all copyrights but much less likely.

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