Re:Amazon: Not OK – Why we had to change Elastic licensing
by 35fbe7d3d5b9 on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @11:33AM
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> That is an unacceptable risk for almost any business so GPL software doesn’t get used.
And this, right there, is how MySQL AB was purchased for a billion dollars in 2008: you dual-license your software. Release it under a copyleft license that bigco's don't want to touch (AGPL3 is tempting today!), and offer a commercial license that gives your customers the freedom to use it as they need.
And this, right there, is how MySQL AB was purchased for a billion dollars in 2008: you dual-license your software. Release it under a copyleft license that bigco's don't want to touch (AGPL3 is tempting today!), and offer a commercial license that gives your customers the freedom to use it as they need.