The Few, the Tired, the Open Source Coders

Re:The Few, the Tired, the Open Source Coders by iRomain on Thursday November 19, 2020 @09:22PM (#25156746)

OSS could use similar licensing as some SaaS where it's free for personal use or commercial use up to certain limits and then you have to pay. This would ensure developers can use it freely but at some time a company would have to either pay it or ditch it.

However I see two issues with this model: - the community will shit on it like it's not real OSS - big companies will start banning the use of such licenses

The other alternatives many are doing are paid support, priority issues for sponsors, paid for issues, etc.

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Re:The Few, the Tired, the Open Source Coders by dalke on Friday November 20, 2020 @03:09AM (#25158318)

If OSS used a non-OSS license like what you suggest then of course it wouldn't be "real OSS".

https://opensource.org/osd - "No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor" includes "it may not restrict the program from being used in a business".

"paid support" means you have to make sure your software is good enough to use and crappy enough to need support.

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Re:The Few, the Tired, the Open Source Coders by rusticpenn on Monday November 23, 2020 @02:16AM (#25184289)

That is the AGPL (free)/Commercial(paid) dual license. Its pretty popular.

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