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Re:An update to the Timescale license by cercatrova on Thursday September 24, 2020 @06:24PM (#24584372)
Then you could call it a permissive source available license, or other such verbiage. There's no need to continue to call it "open source in spirit."
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Re:An update to the Timescale license by scj on Thursday September 24, 2020 @08:54PM (#24585403)
"The usage of pork broth in an otherwise vegetarian dish is vegetarian in spirit."

I can't help but wonder if they're using the phrase "open source in spirit" to leech the branding of open source (while ironically treating other companies as leeches).

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Re:An update to the Timescale license by cercatrova on Thursday September 24, 2020 @08:59PM (#24585440)
That's exactly why they're doing it. They want to have their cake and eat it too.
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