Re:Grafana, Loki, and Tempo will be relicensed to AGPLv3
by formerly_proven on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @06:26PM
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I don't see how AGPL is really problematic in any way for something like Grafana.
Most people, and companies, that use this will just run an unmodified Grafana container, maybe with some plugins (not of their own). AGPL doesn't come into play here (the software is not modified).
This change would really only impact a company that takes Grafana, puts a bunch of patches on top of it and wants to offer that as a SaaS. Those guys could still even do that, they'd just have to publish their patches. Or, quite possibly, just pay for a commercial license - a lot of GPL/AGPL software is actually dual-licensed, with more ore less "dowhateveryawant"-style, paid licenses.
Most people, and companies, that use this will just run an unmodified Grafana container, maybe with some plugins (not of their own). AGPL doesn't come into play here (the software is not modified).
This change would really only impact a company that takes Grafana, puts a bunch of patches on top of it and wants to offer that as a SaaS. Those guys could still even do that, they'd just have to publish their patches. Or, quite possibly, just pay for a commercial license - a lot of GPL/AGPL software is actually dual-licensed, with more ore less "dowhateveryawant"-style, paid licenses.
All of this sounds fair to me.