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Re:An update to the Timescale license by doctor_eval on Thursday September 24, 2020 @05:14PM (#24583745)
As I understand it, it doesn’t restrict customers from going to a TSAAS provider, it simply means that if you want to provide TSAAS then you need to negotiate a different license from Timescale.

The only restriction is that you can’t (necessarily) provide TSAAS for free. To me that’s free as in speech but not free as in beer, and is well within my personal understanding of “free software”. As the saying goes, the right to speech doesn’t imply the right to be heard; likewise, the right to inspect and modify software doesn’t necessarily imply the right to profit from it.

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Re:An update to the Timescale license by EvanAnderson on Thursday September 24, 2020 @05:26PM (#24583883)
You're totally right re: being a TSAAS provider. I was writing on mobile, in a hurry, and didn't compose my thoughts well.

I don't believe Timescale is Free software or Open Source. It's proprietary source-available software. I wish all software was Free software, but I don't have the fortitude to restrict the software I use to only Free software. Timescale is "Free" enough with this license that I'd consider using it in my personal workflow, or in a business environment.

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Re:An update to the Timescale license by ensignavenger on Friday September 25, 2020 @03:20PM (#24593214)
Anyone could theoretically negotiate a different license with any software vendor... that's not a feature of the license they are generally offering the software under, its a feature of the legal system of contracts.
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